HUD Audits

Freeport Housing Authority Didn’t Properly Administer Low-Rent Housing Program

December 15, 2014    

HUD audited the Freeport Housing Authority’s administration of its low-rent housing and homeownership programs. The authority owns and operates 352 low-rent housing units, which are located in two scattered-site properties and three developments in Freeport, N.Y. The authority received...

HUD Didn't Use Best Practices in the Procurement, Administration of Multifamily Servicing Contract

December 15, 2014    

HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited HUD’s procurement and administration of its multifamily mortgage loan and property management servicing and accounting contract. The Federal Housing Commissioner and HUD housing officials had communicated concerns to OIG.

Manager Didn't Follow Section 8 Program Requirements

April 17, 2014    

HUD audited the Section 8 program administered by an owner in Tulsa, Okla., after being informed that the site’s management agent may have received Section 8 subsidies for vacant units. HUD controls the property, which has 191 units, through a housing assistance payments (HAP) contract...

Housing Authority of the County of Lackawanna Must Improve Internal Controls

March 28, 2014    

HUD received an anonymous complaint alleging incompetent leadership, nepotism, misuse of funds, and poor quality of life at the Housing Authority of the County of Lackawanna, Pa. In response, HUD audited the authority to determine whether the allegations in the complaint had merit and whether...

Bridgeport Housing Authority Didn't Ensure Expenses Were Eligible, Reasonable, and Supported

March 28, 2014    

HUD audited the Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport, Conn., based on a request from HUD’s Hartford field office. HUD officials were concerned about the authority due to significant financial deficiencies that weren’t corrected in a timely manner.

Paterson Housing Authority Didn't Properly Administer Housing Choice Voucher Program

March 28, 2014    

HUD audited the Housing Choice Voucher program of the Housing Authority of the City of Paterson, N.J. It decided to do so based on a risk assessment of housing authorities administered by HUD's Newark, N.J., field office that considered funding, HUD’s 2012 risk score, and prior Office...

Owner of Brownsville Apartments Didn’t Comply with Regulatory Agreement

September 26, 2013    

HUD auditors conducted a review of Brownsville Apartments in Brownsville, Pa., based on a referral from HUD’s Departmental Enforcement Center and the Pittsburgh Office of Multifamily Housing, due to concerns that project funds were used inappropriately for purposes other than the operation...

Idabel Housing Authority Bought Property Without HUD Approval

September 12, 2013    

In accordance with its regional plan to review public housing programs, HUD reviewed the Housing Authority of the City of Idabel, Okla.

Charleston-Kanawha Housing Authority Didn’t Correctly Calculate Housing Assistance Payments

September 12, 2013    

HUD audited the Charleston-Kanawha Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program because: (1) it received more than $13.7 million in program funding in fiscal year 2012; (2) it’s the largest assisted housing agency in West Virginia; and (3) HUD had never audited its HCV...

Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority Violated HUD Requirements

September 12, 2013    

 Based on a previous audit and on an anonymous complaint received by the Office of Inspector General’s hotline, HUD audited the Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority’s public housing program.

Authority's Housing Quality Standards Inspections Were Inadequate

December 12, 2012    

HUD audited the Allegheny County Housing Authority's Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program because the authority received more than $27.3 million in HCV funding in fiscal year 2011 and an article published in the local newspaper in October 2011 described Housing Quality Standards problems...

Owner Fraudulently Claimed Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments

December 12, 2012    

HUD reviewed the records of the Housing Authority of the City of Orlando. Specifically, HUD looked at the Section 8 assistance payments made to an owner for a resident with whom he lived. The housing authority discovered potential fraud when the owner brought the death certificate of the...