We completed an audit of Union County's (County) Housing Choice Voucher program, which is administered by its Division of Planning and Community Development. Our audit objectives were to determine whether the County's (1) Housing Choice Voucher program units met housing quality standards; (2) costs charged to the Housing Choice Voucher program were supported and eligible; and (3) controls over the Housing Choice Voucher program, including…

We completed an audit of the Housing Authority of the City of Asbury Park, Asbury Park, New Jersey. The objectives of the audit were to determine whether (1) capital funds were properly expended and obligated in accordance with HUD requirements, (2) salaries and related benefits allocated to different programs were reasonable and supported, and (3) controls over maintenance and repairs were adequate. The Authority did not adequately administer…

The owner of hundreds of rental units scattered across 18 residential properties in Elizabeth has been arrested and criminally charged with coercing more than a dozen of his tenants into sexual acts in exchange for financial relief, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Elizabeth Police Department Chief Giacomo Sacca and Director Earl Graves jointly announced Monday. Joseph Centanni, 73, of Mountainside is charged with eight…