Citing “credible allegations of fraud” and “exponential growth in spending,” the Department of Human Services asked the federal government for assistance in terminating a state housing program, according to a letter signed by DHS Temporary Commissioner Shireen Gandhi and released Friday.

DHS' Temporary Commissioner Shireen Gandhi wrote a letter Friday to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requesting to end the program.

DHS Temporary Commissioner Shireen Gandhi on Friday made a request of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to take the "unprecedented step" to end the program, which uses Medicaid funding to locate and maintain homes for Minnesotans with disabilities, mental illnesses, and substance abuse disorders.