Las Oficinas de Auditoría y Evaluación supervisan y conducen auditorías independientes y objetivas, evaluaciones y otras revisiones de programas y actividades del Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de los Estados Unidos (HUD), para asegurar que operan de manera económica, eficiente y efectiva. Esta página contiene enlaces a reportes y comunicaciones de auditoría y evaluación.
We audited HUD Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) partial claim option. We audited the FHA-HAMP partial claim option because we had not reviewed the program since 2011 and the requirements had changed. Our audit objective was to determine whether HUD had adequate controls over FHA-HAMP partial claim payments.
HUD’s claim payment controls for the FHA-HAMP partial claim option...
Abril 20, 2015
Report
#2015-LA-0001
We audited Veterans First’s Supportive Housing Program (SHP) based on a referral from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General’s Office of Investigation and a hotline complaint, alleging that Veterans First employees were directed to prepare false accounting documents. Our objective was to determine whether expenditures Veterans First charged to its SHP grants and program fees it...
Abril 16, 2015
Report
#2015-LA-1002
The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General (OIG), conducted a limited review of the Oakland Housing Authority’s Moving to Work Housing Choice Voucher program’s use of exception payment standards exceeding the Authority’s 110 percent limit on fair market rents. The review was initiated as a result of a congressional request alleging fraud, waste, and abuse by public housing agencies...
Abril 15, 2015
Memorandum
#2015-LA-1801
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General audited the Redwood Juniper Tacoma Apartments to determine whether Redwood Juniper’s owner took an unauthorized distribution in excess of surplus cash, procured services in accordance with HUD rules and regulations, and maintained an auditable waiting list. We selected the multifamily housing project for audit because it appeared that the project...
Abril 14, 2015
Report
#2015-SE-1001
Because of concerns identified by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Public Housing, we performed a review of the Housing Authority of the City of Lockney. HUD alleged that the Authority’s previous executive director had a conflict-of-interest and received ineligible payments. Our objectives were to determine whether the Authority operated its public housing in accordance with HUD...
Abril 10, 2015
Memorandum
#2015-FW-1805
In accordance with our annual audit plan to review public housing programs and based upon our regional risk analysis, we reviewed the Covington Housing Authority’s Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. Our objective was to determine whether the Authority administered its program in accordance with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations and its administrative plan.
The Authority generally...
Abril 08, 2015
Memorandum
#2015-FW-1804
We reviewed the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of
Community Planning and Development’s (CPD) Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP). We initiated the audit under the HUD Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) annual audit plan. Our objective was to provide an overall assessment of NSP, including assessing the sufficiency of HUD’s controls and determining whether HUD had improved its controls...
Marzo 31, 2015
Report
#2015-AT-0001
Based on a referral from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Seattle Office of Labor Relations, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) performed a review of certain payrolls of the owner of Civic Construction, LLC, of Portland, OR. The payrolls were subject to the Davis-Bacon Act. We completed the review and referred alleged violations to HUD’s Office of Program Enforcement for action under the...
Marzo 30, 2015
Memorandum
#2015-SE-1801
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General audited the City of Minot, ND’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery program because the City was awarded more than $67 million in CDBG Disaster Recovery funds in April 2012 and an additional $35 million in May 2013. Before our audit, the City had spent more than $26 million and $1.3 million, respectively. In...
Marzo 13, 2015
Report
#2015-KC-1002
In accordance with the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990, as amended, we are required to annually audit the consolidated financial statements of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the stand alone financial statements of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Government National Mortgage Administration (Ginnie Mae). Our objective was to express an opinion on the fairness of the financial statements...
Marzo 05, 2015
Report
#2015-FO-0004
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General, audited Breakthrough Living Program based on an audit referral memorandum received from the Director of HUD’s Southwest Region, Office of Multifamily Housing Programs. The referral cited several concerns, including the property’s unilateral withdrawal of funds from the reserve for replacement account. Our audit objective was to...
Marzo 04, 2015
Report
#2015-KC-1001
We audited the State of Rhode Island’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) based on a risk assessment that considered the amount of funding, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) risk assessment, and HUD findings related to one of the State’s subrecipients. Our overall audit objective was to determine whether the State properly administered the NSP and ensured that costs incurred were in accordance...
Marzo 03, 2015
Report
#2015-BO-1003
We audited the Chicago Housing Authority’s Moving to Work Housing Choice Voucher program as part of the activities in our fiscal year 2014 annual audit plan. We selected the Authority based on a request from Congressman Aaron Schock and recent media attention regarding the Authority’s exception payment standards. Our objective was to determine whether the Authority complied with its Moving to Work agreement, the U.S....
Febrero 23, 2015
Report
#2015-CH-1001
We completed a review of the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority’s legal and police service expenses in response to a hotline complaint. The complainant alleged that Authority officials paid outside legal counsel for work that should have been done by its own legal staff and paid for police services below the baseline level of services that should have been provided under a cooperation agreement with the City of Buffalo.
The...
Febrero 23, 2015
Report
#2015-NY-1003
We reviewed information system controls over the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) computing environment. This review was conducted as part of the Office of Inspector General’s audit of HUD’s financial statements for fiscal year 2014 under the Chief Financial Officer’s Act of 1990.
The OIG has determined that the contents of this report would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore...
Febrero 23, 2015
Report
#2015-DP-0005
We conducted a review of the Philadelphia Housing Authority’s compliance with Federal lobbying disclosure requirements and restrictions. We found that the Authority engaged in the prohibited practice of using Federal funds for lobbying and a former executive director certified to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that it did not do so. In addition, the former executive director falsely certified to...
Febrero 18, 2015
Memorandum
#2015-PH-1804
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General audited HUD’s monitoring of the community service and self-sufficiency requirement (CSSR) to determine the extent to which HUD subsidized public housing units occupied by noncompliant tenants and housing for tenants whose CSSR status was misreported.
We found that HUD subsidized housing for 106,000 units occupied by noncompliant tenants, out...
Febrero 12, 2015
Report
#2015-KC-0001
We completed a review of the Rhode Island Housing’s HOME Investment Partnerships Program based on an Office of Inspector General risk assessment of New England HOME recipients that considered the amount of funding provided and prior audit and monitoring findings. Our audit objectives were to determine whether Rhode Island Housing officials awarded HOME funds to grantees in a reasonable and supported manner and whether HOME funds...
Febrero 03, 2015
Report
#2015-BO-1002
We audited the County of Beaver, Beaver Falls, PA’s administration of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) HOME Investment Partnerships Program funds. We audited the County because we received a complaint alleging misuse of Federal funds resulting from a potential conflict of interest involving a County employee. Our audit objective was to determine whether the County administered its HOME program...
Enero 29, 2015
Report
#2015-PH-1001
We audited New Image Emergency Shelter’s Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) program based on a referral from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General’s (HUD OIG) Office of Investigation and a citizen complaint, alleging that New Image lacked adequate documentation to support program expenditures and employee salaries. Our objective was to determine whether New Image...
Enero 29, 2015
Report
#2015-LA-1001