Central Valley congressman wants taxpayers to know what empty federal buildings are costing
The federal government spends more than $1.7 billion a year to maintain 770,000 empty buildings while other agencies are leasing or buying new space, and Rep. Jeff Denham is fed up.
“This is something that hasn’t been handled in Republican or Democrat administrations because it’s too big of a bureaucracy,” Denham (R-Turlock) said in an interview in his office. “There’s no incentive for the agencies to sell.”
He said if politicians are going to talk about cutting government waste, selling empty buildings is a good start.
Some are trying to offload properties to homeless advocacy groups, but we know how the government works when there is nothing in it for them... it just doesn't seem to get done.
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