What We Audited and Why  We audited the East St. Louis Housing Authority (Authority) because of a hotline complaint alleging that Authority’s management misused U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds.  Our audit objective was to determine whether the Authority followed HUD’s regulations and its own policies when procuring goods and services, granting leave, and managing vehicle operations. What We…

What We Audited and Why We audited the Marion Housing Authority's (Authority) nonprofit development activities. The review of public housing authorities' development activities is set forth in our fiscal year 2006 annual audit plan. We selected the Authority because it was identified as having high-risk indicators of nonprofit development activity. Our objective was to determine whether the Authority diverted or pledged resources…

What We Audited and Why We audited the Housing Authority of the County of Cook's (Authority) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program (program). The audit was part of the activities in our fiscal year 2005 annual audit plan. We selected the Authority based upon a risk analysis that identified it as having a high-risk program. Our objective was to determine whether the Authority managed its program in accordance with the U.S.…

What We Audited and Why We audited the Rockford Housing Authority's (Authority) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program (program). The audit was part of the activities in our fiscal year 2005 annual audit plan. We selected the Authority based upon a risk analysis that identified it as having a high-risk program. Our objective was to determine whether the Authority managed its program in accordance with the U.S. Department of Housing…

What We Audited and Why We audited the Saginaw Housing Commission's (Commission) Public Housing Operating Fund program (program). We initiated the audit based on a request from the Detroit Office of Public Housing for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). We audit was also part of the activities in our fiscal year 2006 annual audit plan. Our objective was to determine whether the Commission properly used its…

What We Audited and Why In response to a hotline complaint that the Housing Authority of the City of Passaic (Authority) was being mismanaged, we audited the Authority's Section 8 and Public Housing Capital Fund programs. We also audited controls over disbursements and costs allocated to different programs. The objective of the audit was to determine whether the allegations of hotline complaint were valid. We also determined if…

What We Audited and Why We audited the Orange City Housing Authority's (Authority) Housing Choice Voucher program because a regional risk assessment ranked the Authority fifth on our list of potential public housing authority audits in New Jersey. Our audit objectives were to determine whether (I) the Authority's Housing Choice Voucher program units met housing quality standards; (2) costs charged to the Housing Choice Voucher…

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Public and Indian Housing, phase-down for demolition add-on funding (phase-down funding) calculations for the Public Housing Operating Fund program. We initiated the audit based on results of a prior audit that indicated the Office of Public and Indian Housing add to always obtain adequate supporting documentation for public housing agencies before…

We audited the Benton Harbor Housing Commission's (Commission) Public Housing Captial Fund program (program). The audit was conducted based upon a request from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Detroit Office of Public Housing. Our objectives were to determine whether the Commission operated its program in a manner that provides reasonable assurance that (1) expenditures were adequately supported and eligible…