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City of Fresno Generally Had Sufficient Capacity and the Necessary Controls to Manage and Administer Its Neighborhood Stabilization Program
We completed a capacity review of the City of Fresno’s (City) Neighborhood Stabilization Program (Program). We performed the audit because Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 reviews are part of the Office of the Inspector General’s annual audit plan and the program was identified as high Read More
February 01, 2010
Report
#2010-LA-1006
City of Los Angeles' Community Development Department, Los Angeles, California, Projects Dd Not Comply with Community Development Block Grant Program Requirements
We audited the City of Los Angeles’ Community Development Department (City) as a result of problems noted during a prior audit involving activities administered by the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (subrecipient). Our objective was to determine whether Community Read More
December 02, 2009
Report
#2010-LA-1003
City of Los Angeles Housing Department, Los Angeles, California, Did Not Ensure That the Noho Commons Housing Development Met HOME Program Requirements
We audited the City of Los Angeles Housing Department (City) as a result of two complaints alleging violations of affordable housing and low-income housing tax credit regulations at the NoHo Commons housing development (development), which was partially funded with HOME funds and administered by Read More
October 27, 2009
Report
#2010-LA-1001
Corrective Action Verification Utica Municipal Housing Authority Low-Rent Housing Program, Utica, New York Audit Report 2006-NY-1005
We completed a corrective action verification review of the audit recommendations for findings 1 and 2 of Audit Report Number 2006-NY-1005, issued February 21, 2006 pertaining to the general operations of the Utica Municipal Housing Authority, Utica, New York (Authority). The purpose of the Read More
September 12, 2010
Memorandum
#2010-NY-0801
The County of San Bernardino, CA, Had Questionable Capacity to Administer Neighborhood Stabilization Program Funds
We completed a capacity review of the County of San Bernardino’s (County) Neighborhood Stabilization Program (Program). We performed the audit because Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 reviews are part of the Office of the Inspector General’s annual audit plan and the Program was Read More
February 09, 2010
Report
#2010-LA-1007
DHI Mortgage Company, LTD's Scottsdale, AZ, Branches Did Not Follow FHA-Insured Loan Underwriting Requirements
We audited Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured loan processes at two DHI Mortgage Company, LTD (DHI Mortgage), branches in Scottsdale, AZ, to determine whether DHI Mortgage originated, approved, and closed FHA-insured single-family loans in accordance with U.S. Department of Housing and Read More
March 18, 2010
Report
#2010-LA-1009
Evaluation of the Final Front-End Risk Assessment for the Native American Housing Block Grant Program
We reviewed the Office of Native American Programs' (ONAP) Front-End Risk Assessment (FERA) for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) funding for Native American Block Grant housing programs as part of our annual audit plan. Our objective was to determine whether the Read More
October 26, 2009
Memorandum
#2010-LA-0802
FHA Delayed Sending Violation Notices to Lenders That Did Not Meet Recertification Requirements
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Inspector General audited the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) Title II single-family lender renewal process. The objective of the audit was to determine whether FHA ensured that lenders submitted recertification Read More
August 05, 2010
Report
#2010-KC-0002
Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, Irvine, CA, Improperly Funded One Ineligible HECM Loan
While performing an internal audit of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program, we noted one HECM loan underwritten by Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, (Financial Freedom) of Irvine, CA, that was improperly insured as Read More
September 16, 2010
Memorandum
#2010-FW-1805
HUD Approved Multifamily Accelerated Processing Program Lenders as Required but Did Not Adequately Select Lenders to Monitor
We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) monitoring of its Multifamily Accelerated Processing program lenders. The audit was performed based on a hotline complaint and the Office of Inspector General’s annual audit and strategic plan to help HUD improve its fiscal Read More
January 10, 2012
Report
#2012-PH-0003
HUD Did Not Maintain Documentation to Determine if Public Housing Agencies Took Corrective Action on its January 7, 2008 Memorandum and Public Housing Agencies Paid an Estimated $7 Million for Deceased Tenants
We audited the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) controls over Housing Choice Voucher program payments for deceased tenants and invalid Social Security numbers as part of the regional audit plan. In previous audits of public housing agencies (agencies), we identified Read More
November 08, 2009
Report
#2010-FW-0001
HUD Evaluated and Selected Applications for the Recovery Act’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 in Accordance With Applicable Requirements
We evaluated the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) award process for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 (NSP2). We initiated the review as part of the activities in our fiscal year 2010 annual audit plan. Our primary objective was to determine whether HUD’s methodology Read More
June 24, 2010
Report
#2010-AT-0001
HUD Guidance on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Capital Fund Physical Needs Assessment
We reviewed the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) guidance on using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) capital funding for physical needs assessments. Our objective was to determine whether HUD’s guidance to grantees on using Recovery Act Read More
January 13, 2010
Memorandum
#2010-FW-0801
HUD Needs to Ensure That the Housing Authority of New Orleans Strengthens Its Capacity to Adequately Administer Recovery Funding
As part of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Inspector General's obligation to ensure accountability and transparency in use of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funds, we performed a review to assess the Housing Authority of New Orleans' (Authority) Read More
December 13, 2009
Memorandum
#2010-AO-0801
HUD Needs to Make a Final Determination on Whether San Diego Square Subleased Property is HUD Insured Under Section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959
We performed a review of the San Diego Square (Square) project in response to a hotline complaint. The complainant stated that San Diego Kind Corporation (Corporation) misappropriated a lease prepayment of $480,060 and HUD failed to enforce program rules and regulations after detecting the Read More
September 30, 2009
Memorandum
#2010-LA-0801
HUD - Office of Public Housing
We initiated the audit of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) efforts to recover the City of New London, CT, Housing Authority (Authority) due to its longstanding troubled status. The Authority has had significant management deficiencies for more than 10 years, and HUD Read More
February 16, 2010
Report
#2010-BO-0001
HUD Region 1 Community Planning and Development Offices' Monitoring of Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program Grants Funded Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Was Appropriately Targeted to Higher Risk Grantees
We reviewed the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Community Planning and Development’s (CPD) risk assessment process. We initiated the review as part of the activities in our fiscal year 2010 annual audit plan. Our objective was to determine whether CPD had Read More
April 15, 2010
Memorandum
#2010-BO-0801
HUD Should Provide Additional Monitoring of the Navajo Housing Authority's Implementation of Recovery Act-Funded Projects
We conducted a capacity review of the Navajo Housing Authority’s (Authority) operations. The objective of the review was to evaluate the Authority’s capacity to administer its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) funds and identify related potential internal control weaknesses Read More
October 08, 2009
Memorandum
#2010-LA-1801
HUD Took Appropriate Steps to Improve Its Controls over Net Restricted Assets but Overpaid Section 8 Set-Aside Funds to One Public Housing Agency
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Inspector General audited HUD's Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs to determine whether HUD reasonably ensured that public housing agencies properly managed their housing choice voucher net restricted assets and to Read More
April 15, 2010
Report
#2010-KC-0001
HUD Was Not Tracking Almost 13,000 Defaulted HECM Loans With Maximum Claim Amounts of Potentially More Than $2.5 Billion
We performed an internal audit of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program because we found that an increasing number of borrowers had not paid taxes or homeowners insurance premiums as required, thus placing the loan in default Read More
August 24, 2010
Report
#2010-FW-0003