The city of Albuquerque has severed ties with a nonprofit group it partnered with to provide people with housing vouchers after city officials said $200,000 in rent went unpaid.
But an official with the group, the Supportive Housing Coalition, said the way the administration of Mayor Tim Keller, who terminated the contract, presents the situation is inaccurate and a “mischaracterization.â€
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