Posted 12/6/2023, 10:18:40 PM
Government Agencies Using Less Than Half Their Office Space, Costing Billions: Senator Calls for Selling Unused Buildings
- All federal agencies are less than 50% occupied, wasting billions in taxpayer dollars to operate and maintain the unused office spaces
- The agency with the highest utilization was the State Dept at 49%, while HUD and Social Security tied for lowest at just 7%
- Sen. Ernst criticized the administration, saying "no one is even home at HUD" while housing costs rise
- Biden previously declared the pandemic over and his chief of staff directed federal employees to return to offices
- Ernst is calling for the administration to sell off unused office space and return the money to taxpayers