Investigates uncovered questionable management in millions of dollars of home repair contracts in the City of Dallas housing department.
Shoddy work done by a few contractors is the heart of the problem.
News 8 Investigates looks at how one contractor has continued to do bad work, and how the city ignored its own investigation to keep him on the job. Many who used Herdemer Enterprises as part of an interest free loan program see themselves as victims rather than customers. They didn't know what they were doin'. She says several items were stolen during construction. Up the street, a used commode and a broken window still sit in the back of another Herdemer project that was supposedly finished last summer.