The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Inspector General audited the Housing Authority of the City of Terre Haute’s (Authority) nonprofit development activities. The review of public housing authorities’ development activities is set forth in our annual audit plan. We selected the Authority because it had high-risk indicators of nonprofit development activity.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Inspector General audited the Indianapolis Housing Agency's (Agency) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. The audit was part of the activities in our fiscal year 2008 annual audit plan. We selected the Agency's program based upon our prior audits of the Agency's program and recent press coverage regarding conditions at two of the Agency's Section 8 Project-Based Voucher program apartment complexes.

The U.S. Department of housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Inspector General audited the Housing Authority of the City of Terre Haute, Indiana’s (Authority) Turnkey III Homeownership program (program). We selected the Authority for review based on the results of our audit of the Authority’s nonprofit development activities (see Office of Inspector General audit report #2009-CH-1011, issued on July 31, 2009). The audit was a part of the activities in our fiscal year 2009 annual audit plan.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Inspector General audited the Chicago Housing Authority’s (Authority) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program (program) under its Moving to Work Demonstration program. The audit was part of the activities in our fiscal year 2009 annual audit plan. We selected the Authority based upon our analysis of risk factors relating to the housing agencies in Region V’s jurisdiction.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Inspector General audited the DuPage Housing Authority’s (Authority) Section 8 Project-Based Voucher program (program). The audit was part of the activities in our fiscal year 2009 annual audit plan. We selected the Authority based on our internal audit survey of HUD’s oversight of the program and our analysis of risk factors relating to the housing authorities in Region V’s jurisdiction.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Inspector General audited the Chicago Housing Authority's (Authority) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program (program) under its Moving to Work Demonstration program. The audit was part of the activities in our fiscal year 2008 annual audit plan. We selected the Authority based upon our analysis of risk factors relating to the housing agencies in Region V's jurisdiction.

The Authority's program administration regarding housing assistance payment calculations and zero-income households was inadequate. The Authority did not effectively manage its housing assistance calculation and payment process in accordance with HUD requirements, resulting in nearly $57,000 in overpayment, more than $21,000 in unsupported payments and nearly $22,000 in underpayment for the period January 1, 2007, through August 31, 2008.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Inspector General audited the Chicago Housing Authority's (Authority) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program (program) under its Moving to Work Demonstration program. The audit was part of the activities in our fiscal year 2008 annual audit plan. We selected the Authority based upon our analysis of risk factors relating to the housing agencies in Region V's jurisdiction.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Inspector General audited the Housing Choice Voucher program of the East St. Louis Housing Authority (Authority). Our audit objective was to determine whether the Authority's Section 8 program units met the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) housing quality standards.

HUD OIG performed an audit of the Housing Authority of the City of Newnan’s activities with its related nonprofit organization, the Newnan Housing Development Corporation. The review was performed based on concerns that the Authority encumbered its assets, used its federal funds to support nonprofit development activities, and had a conflict-of-interest transaction. The purpose of the audit was to determine whether the Authority inappropriately used funds and assets restricted by its annual contributions contract with the U. S.