NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Metro council member filed a request for a complete audit of the Office of Homeless Services (OHS) this week.

Council member Ginny Welsch called the more than $3 million spent by the Metro department "financial irregularities."

OHS strongly denies the claims.

In her request for an audit, Welsch cites possible financial discrepancies among contractor payments, federal grants, and department credit card expenditures totaling $3.2 million.

After personal records requests and an internal audit, she has called for a deeper dive into the so-called irregularities and the resignation of OHS director April Calvin.

"The overarching concern was that we had a $50 million influx in funding to address homelessness, and we have not improved our numbers by any measure," sa

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