MINNEAPOLIS — A KARE 11 investigation into Minnesota’s troubled Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) program, which has already uncovered widespread fraud, is now exposing concerns surrounding politics and ethics.

Sen. Omar Fateh’s wife was the listed owner of a Housing Stabilization company while the senator himself was pushing legislation to fast-track client approvals without divulging his ties to the taxpayer-funded program.

KARE 11 Investigates found no evidence of billing fraud, and the HSS company owned by the Senator’s wife did not receive Medicaid money. But a legal expert says the lack of disclosure raises serious ethical concerns.

On March 24, 2025, Sen. Omar Fateh introduced Senate File 2741, a bill he said would speed up access for people to be approved for HSS, a Medicai

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