MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) stopped payment to dozens of providers because of fraud allegations. But some legitimate providers say they are doing things the right way.

‘Keys and leases’

What we know:

Dr. Kirstin Bratt-Johnson helps people with disabilities find and keep stable housing, through the company she co-owns, Nexa Home Connect.

But now the industry she's called home for the last two years is in turmoil after allegations of widespread fraud.

"Fraud in any social service is really just, you're stealing from the most needy people that we have," said Bratt-Johnson.

‘It’s a betrayal of the whole state'

The backstory:

DHS says it wants to pull the plug on Housing Stabilization Services (HSS), after the FBI raided a number of homes a

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