The City of Hawthorne Inappropriately Used Nearly $1.6 Million in HOME Funds for Section 8 Tenants | Office of Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development

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Recommendation Number: 2013-LA-1009-001-A
Status: Open
Date Issued: September 13, 2013

Reimburse its HOME program $1,595,113 from non-Federal funds for HOME funds that were inappropriately used on Section 8 housing assistance payments.

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2013-LA-1009 | September 13, 2013

The City of Hawthorne, CA, Inappropriately Used Nearly $1.6 Million in HOME Funds for Section 8 Tenants

We audited the City of Hawthorne because of a corrective action verification audit done by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) that identified $840,741 in HOME Investment Partnerships Program funds that were transferred to the Section 8 program… more