Housing Authority of McKinney, McKinney, Texas, Inappropriately Advanced Funds and Transferred Real Estate to Its Not-for-Profit Affiliate
Based on a hotline complaint, we audited the Housing Authority of the City of McKinney (Authority). Our objective was to determine whether the Authority's transactions with its affiliated nonprofit, the McKinney Housing Opportunity Corporation (Corporation), complied with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requirements.
In violation of its annual contributions contract, the Authority inappropriately provided $915,487 in…
January 05, 2008
Report
#2008-FW-1005
Community Development Corporation of Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas, Did Not Use Its Housing Counseling Grants for the Intended Purpose
We audited the Community Development Corporation of Brownsville, Inc. (Corporation), at the request of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) San Antonio Director of Community Planning and Development. Our objective was to determine whether the Corporation correctly charged administrative costs to its various federal funding sources. We expanded our objective to also determine whether the Corporation used housing…
December 16, 2007
Report
#2008-FW-1004
The Dallas Housing Authority, Dallas, Texas, Mismanaged its Portable Vouchers
As part of our strategic plan objective to assist the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) efforts to reduce rental assistance overpayments, we audited the portability features of the Dallas Housing Authority's (Authority) Housing Choice Voucher program. Our objective was to determine whether the Authority administered portability in accordance with HUD requirements.
The Authority mismanaged its portable vouchers and failed…
December 03, 2007
Report
#2008-FW-1003
The Housing Authority of the City of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Needs to Settle Interfund Accounts Monthly and Revise Its Method of Allocating Administrative Salary and Benefit Costs
Attached is the final report on our audit of the Housing Authority of the City of Allentown (Authority), Allentown, Pennsylvania, Audit Report Number 2008-PH-1003, dated November 21, 2007. Our objectives were to determine whether the Authority calculated housing assistance payments accurately and properly maintained documentation in its tenant files for its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program according to U.S. Department of Housing and…
November 19, 2007
Report
#2008-PH-1003
National City Mortgage, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, Generally Complied with HUD Requirements in Originating FHA-Insured Single-Family Loans
Attached is the final report on our audit of the Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, branch of National City Mortgage (branch office), Audit Report Number 2008-PH-1002, dated November 20, 2007. We selected the branch office because its default rate was above the state's default rate. Our objective was to determine whether the branch office complied with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations, procedures, and instructions…
November 18, 2007
Report
#2008-PH-1002
The Harrisburg Housing Authority, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Did Not Properly Administer Its Low-Rent Public Housing Program
September 26, 2007
Report
#2007-PH-1013
Fallbrook Apartments', Houston, Texas, Owner and/or Management Agent Made Unauthorized Distributions of the Project's Funds
July 05, 2007
Report
#2007-FW-1012
Alethes Mortgage, LLC, and Its Dallas, Texas, Branch, Waters Edge Mortgage, LLC, Did Not Comply with All HUD Underwriting Requirements
June 07, 2007
Report
#2007-FW-1010
Elders Place II, Incorporated, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Did Not Properly Administer HUD Funds in Accordance with HUD Requirements
April 18, 2007
Report
#2007-PH-1006