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 participating in the Moving to Work program that issued Section 8 vouchers.

We determined that the Authority’s processing procedures were implemented and it obtained compliance with HUD and statutory requirements for the files reviewed.  It established payment standards within the basic range of 90 to 110 percent of HUD-published fair market rents.  In addition, it used the appropriate payment standard and did not use exception payment standards to determine the rent for any of the six tenant files reviewed.   

As a result, this report contains no recommendations, and no further action is necessary with respect to this report.