HUD kept funding failing Heritage Park complex
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development continued sending more than $1 million a year to subsidize the failing Heritage Park apartment complex in Minneapolis despite repeated failing inspections.[1]
HUD sent about $85,000 per month to the property, totaling more than $4 million since the complex's first failed inspection.[1] Tenants report mold, rodents, broken AC units and boarded-up windows, and Council Member Pearll Warren says residents were told units had passed inspection even though they were "not habitable." FOX 9 Former owner McCormack Baron Salazar turned the complex over to a court-appointed receiver in December 2025.[1] Neither HUD nor the owner has publicly explained how the subsidies were used or why payments continued.[1]
Heritage Park repeatedly received failing or near-failing HUD inspection scores, including a score of zero in 2025.[1] Despite those scores, HUD continued the monthly payments that added up to the millions now under scrutiny.[1]
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- Heritage Park in Minneapolis repeatedly received failing or near-failing HUD inspection scores, including a score of zero in 2025 (failing is under 60).
- Despite those scores, HUD continued sending about $85,000 per month — more than $1 million annually — to subsidize the property, totaling over $4 million since its first failed inspection.
- Tenants report ongoing mold, rodents, broken AC units and boarded-up windows, and Council Member Pearll Warren says residents were told their units had passed inspection even though they were "not habitable."
- Former owner McCormack Baron Salazar turned the complex over to a court-appointed receiver in December 2025, and neither HUD nor the owner has publicly explained how the subsidies were used or why payments continued.
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