One thing that requires clarification here is that there aren't shady characters at the helm of the American Red Cross collecting a billion dollars in grant mon

One thing that requires clarification here is that there aren't shady characters at the helm of the American Red Cross collecting a billion dollars in grant money to develop housing. The money donated to the ARC isn't squandered by executive compensation. The Red Cross isn't even in the business of building houses. It helps provide housing through hotel voucher financial assistance or manages shelters. So, it's no wonder that mistakes were made. The ARC does a lot of things right. If people in the ARC actually committed to housing development, it wouldn't build the houses. It would partner with developers who did. I'm a disaster response volunteer, although inactive since Katrina.