(Source: CBS6 News) ALBANY -- Public housing is a program designed to help low-income families by giving them a roof over their head.  Last year, about 1.1 million families received public housing assistance.   However, people continue to use the system - even after their salaries skyrocket.   A blunt report released by the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development found more than 25,000 families lived above the income limits for folks looking for housing assistance in 2014.   The report estimates taxpayers will shell out more than $104 million over the next year to keep those families in public housing.   It's money that could assist low-income families who desperately need the help.   "It's very illustrative of sort of the way the government runs amok," explained Leslie Paige with government watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste.   "The public housing system is meant to help people who are truly needy, not people who can afford to rent their own places in the private market," Paige said...