The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General audited the Wichita, KS, Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher program. We selected the Authority for review because it received more than $12 million in Section 8 funding in both 2011 and 2010. Also, it is one of the largest housing authorities in Kansas and had not been reviewed by HUD OIG. Our audit objective was to determine whether the Authority…

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General audited the Manhattan, KS Housing Authority’s administration of its Recovery Act capital fund grants. Our objectives were to determine whether the Authority executed a contract change order in compliance with HUD procurement regulations and the Authority’s procurement policy and accurately and completely reported Recovery Act grant information in…

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General audited the Topeka, KS Housing Authority’s administration of its Recovery Act competitive capital fund grants. We selected the Authority for review because it spent a large amount of Recovery Act funds. Our objectives were to determine whether the Authority expended Recovery Act grant funds in accordance with Recovery Act requirements and applicable HUD…

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General audited the Kansas City, Kansas Housing Authority (Authority) to determine whether the Authority violated HUD’s waiting list rules when it offered Section 8 vouchers to applicants for Delaware Highlands Assisted Living. We conducted the audit because of concerns raised during a previous audit of the Authority, in which we saw indications that the Authority…

We conducted a review of the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority (the authority) because it received more than $1.9 million in Capital Fund Recovery Act Grant (grant) funding as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Our objectives were to determine whether the authority (1) had effective and efficient operations in place to manage its grant-funded projects and (2) had administered its grant funds in accordance with U.…

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General audited the development activities of the Kansas City, Kansas, Housing Authority (Authority) to determine whether the Authority improperly spent federal public housing funds when developing and operating nonfederal developments. We conducted the audit because of a citizen complaint received by our office. We concluded that the Authority inappropriately…