In response to a hotline complaint, we reviewed the Housing Authority of the City of Napa's (the Authority) Section 8 program. The purpose was to determine whether concerns raised in the complaint relating to misappropriation of Section 8 funds had merit and whether allegations of improper rent increases for the Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy (Mod Rehab) and Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher programs were valid. We...

We audited the Los Angeles Multifamily Hub's monitoring of its annual contributions contract with its performance-based contract administrator (contractor), Los Angeles LOMOD (LOMOD). Our overall audit objective was to determine whether the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) appropriately monitored LOMOD with respect to the annual contributions contract. The Los Angeles Multifamily Hub did not properly monitor its...

We audited the City of Huntington Park's (City) HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) due to an increased emphasis on HUD Office of Community Planning and Development programs and recent HUD monitoring and financial audit reports that identified problems with the City's overall management and administration of its HOME program. Our objectives were to determine whether the conditions identified in the HUD monitoring and single...