INVESTIGATIVE SERIES CONTINUING COVERAGE

• State attorney: Developer 'took candy from a baby'
  Reynaldo Diaz turned himself in Tuesday, the third developer to face criminal charges in connection with the ongoing probe of misspent money at the Miami-Dade Housing Agency.
  

• 3rd developer to face housing fraud charges
  A developer who took $940,000 from the Miami-Dade Housing Agency but delivered only two houses for the poor is slated to be arrested on fraud charges today -- the third arrest in a widening criminal probe that now includes prominent business and government leaders.
  

• Dade offers HUD a compromise
  In a deferential letter to the federal housing department, Miami-Dade County leaders asked for additional oversight and aid instead of a threatened takeover.
  

• County leaders pledge to fight takeover in court
  Defiant county leaders said Thursday they will fight any federal takeover of the Miami-Dade Housing Agency, going to court if negotiations fail.
  

• Feds move ahead on housing takeover
  The federal government wants to take over much of the Miami-Dade Housing Agency and ultimately turn it over to an independent local board instead of the mayor and County Commission, according to a draft plan sent to county leaders.
  

• Masvidal goes to jail but professes his innocence
  A defiant Raul Masvidal turned himself in to Miami-Dade prosecutors Friday after lashing out at his accusers, insisting he did not steal $150,000 to buy a giant watermelon slice.
  

• HUD launches deeper probe of the Miami-Dade Housing Agency
  Days after an audit criticized financial management at the Miami-Dade Housing Agency, the federal government said it would launch a deeper investigation into the county's troubled public-housing programs.
  

• Audit cites massive fund misuse
  Finances were so badly mismanaged at the Miami-Dade Housing Agency that the department routinely overdrew its accounts by millions and covered shortfalls in federal housing projects with local funds meant to build new affordable homes, according to a long-awaited audit released Wednesday.
  

• Dade housing reforms are bearing fruit
  The houses are sprouting like a carefully planted flower garden, neat rows of blue and green and orange where this summer there was only dirt. Two dozen new homes are under construction on the site of the old Scott-Carver public housing projects, with five others already finished and 28 more planned.
  

• Builder misspent $3.2 million
  The developer who pledged to build a new headquarters for the Miami-Dade Housing Agency misspent $3.2 million in public money on excessive management fees and dozens of costs unrelated to construction - including a $355,000 payment on a personal home loan - according to a county audit obtained Saturday by The Miami Herald.
  

• Housing agency gets new boss
  Hoping to climb out of numerous scandals in Miami-Dade's affordable-housing programs, County Manager George Burgess announced Wednesday that he selected a senior official from the Tampa Housing Authority to take over the beleaguered Miami-Dade Housing Agency.
  

• Housing agency gets new boss
  Hoping to climb out of numerous scandals in Miami-Dade's affordable-housing programs, County Manager George Burgess announced Wednesday that he selected a senior official from the Tampa Housing Authority to take over the beleaguered Miami-Dade Housing Agency.
  

• Housing probe expands to Miami
  The Miami-Dade state attorney's office has expanded its probe of government-financed affordable housing programs beyond the county's embattled Housing Agency.
  

• An unlikely activist finds her voice
  Caprice Brown, 35, was displaced from public housing when the James E. Scott Homes project was torn down. She recently joined a protest to plead with the Miami-Dade County Commission for increased funding for housing.
  

• Insider picked to probe county departments for waste
  Miami-Dade County Manager George Burgess has appointed a long-time county administrator to work alongside auditor Cathy Jackson to spot potential deficiencies in several county departments.
  

• Housing issue upstages hearing
  The Miami-Dade County Commission considered a new tax rate for property owners in a final hearing dominated by residents' concerns about affordable housing.
  

• Protesters stage vigil for housing
  They awoke before dawn Tuesday to construct a ''tent city'' on a corner of the lawn at County Hall. They stayed outdoors in the late afternoon heat and into the rainy evening.
  
  
• Proposal calls for more affordable housing
  Emergency changes were proposed for the troubled Miami-Dade Housing Agency that could bring relief to thousands of families searching for affordable homes.
  

• Face of housing crisis is home at last
  Ozie Porter, the face of Miami-Dade's housing crisis, finally got a home. Thousands of others still wait.
  

• Show me the money!
  The money signified millions of dollars wasted by the Miami-Dade Housing Agency, demonstrators said. Those waving the bills defied a commission rule that calls for the removal of anyone holding a sign or heckling from the audience.
  

• Probes targeting several builders
  Miami-Dade's state attorney said more arrests are likely in the growing public housing scandal detailed in a Miami Herald series.
  

• Builder tied to housing scandal is jailed
  Prosecutors said affordable-housing developer Oscar Rivero stole the public's money to buy himself a house in South Miami. He was arrested late Saturday.
  

• Report: Housing agency wasted millions
  The Miami-Dade inspector general accused the county's troubled housing agency of squandering millions of dollars on poor management and lax oversight.
  

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