However, States chief executive Bill Ogley has declined to say who is responsible for the mistakes until the matter has been dealt with by the Human Resources department. The investigation is said to have focused on the role of civil servants in the sale of the 33 homes after Housing Minister Terry Le Main – who has been in charge of the department as minister and committee president since 1999 – said that politicians never sanctioned the contracts that were signed with tenants, the valuations of the properties, or the deposits that were taken.
