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Citizen Complaint Against BIONIC Real Estate Services, LLC, St. Joseph, MO, Regarding Its Management of a HUD Section 236-Insured Multifamily Property Cannot Be Supported
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General, audited allegations made against BIONIC Real Estate Services, LLC (BIONIC), a HUD-approved management agent, in a citizen complaint received by our office. The allegations related to BIONIC’s management of Read More
November 06, 2010
Report
#2011-DE-1001
The City and County of San Francisco, CA, Did Not Always Ensure That Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Funds Were Used as Required
We audited the City and County of San Francisco (City) because its grant of more than $8.7 million was one of the largest Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) grants in the State of California. Our objective was to determine whether the City disbursed HPRP funding in Read More
December 19, 2010
Report
#2011-LA-1005
The City of Huntington Park, Huntington Park, California, Did Not Always Ensure That HOME Program Income Eligibility, Affordability, and Future Use Requirements Were Met
We audited the City of Huntington Park's (City) HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) due to an increased emphasis on HUD Office of Community Planning and Development programs and recent HUD monitoring and financial audit reports that identified problems with the City's overall Read More
November 01, 2007
Report
#2008-LA-1001
The City of Los Angeles, CA, Did Not Expend Brownfields Economic Development Initiative and Section 108 Funds for the Goodyear Industrial Tract Project in Accordance With HUD Requirements
The City did not expend Brownfields and Section 108 funds awarded for the development of the project in accordance with HUD requirements. Specifically, the City used loan and grant funds for an ineligible project and expended grant funds after the grant deadline. As a result, it expended (1) $3. Read More
March 12, 2012
Report
#2012-LA-1005
The City of Los Angeles Housing Department, Los Angeles, CA, Did Not Always Effectively Administer Its Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program
We audited the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (program) at the City of Los Angeles Housing Department (Department) because it was the second largest single program grant awarded within California under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). In Read More
October 24, 2010
Report
#2011-LA-1001
The Community Development Programs Center of Nevada Did Not Fully Comply With Neighborhood Stabilization Program Requirements
We completed a review of the Community Development Programs Center of Nevada’s (Center) Neighborhood Stabilization Program (program). We performed the review because of the OIG’s mandate to provide oversight of Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) programs. We selected the Center Read More
December 20, 2010
Report
#2011-LA-1004
The East St. Louis Housing Authority Did Not Properly Manage or Report on Recovery Act Capital Funds
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General audited the East St. Louis Housing Authority’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Public Housing Capital Fund program. Our audit objective was to determine whether the Authority (1) complied with Read More
February 29, 2012
Report
#2012-KC-1002
Enterprise Home Ownership partners-Dallas, INC., Dallas, TX Achieved Program Objectives But Did Not Fully Comply With Certain Requirements
We audited the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Supplemental II Disaster Recovery program funds, administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA). Specifically, we wanted to determine whether TDHCA Read More
February 16, 2009
Report
#2009-FW-1006
Evaluation of the Front End Risk Assessment for the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control Recovery Act Funds
We reviewed the front-end risk assessment (assessment) for the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control (OHHLHC) for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Recovery Act appropriated $100 million to the lead hazard control program. Our review of the assessment for Read More
September 27, 2009
Memorandum
#2009-HA-0801
Final Civil Action – Alleged Violations of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, Making False Statements in Support of a Loan Application to Defraud a Financial Institution
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General (OIG), conducted a review to determine whether Indymac Bank followed Federal Housing Administration (FHA) policies and procedures when it originated FHA-insured loans. We identified a set of questionable loans Read More
June 04, 2012
Memorandum
#2012-CF-1805
Final Civil Action – Alleged Violations of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, Making False Statements in Support of a Loan Application to Defraud a Financial Institution
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General (OIG), conducted a review to determine whether Indymac Bank followed Federal Housing Administration (FHA) policies and procedures when it originated FHA-insured loans. We identified a set of questionable loans Read More
June 04, 2012
Memorandum
#2012-CF-1806
Final Civil Action – Alleged Violations of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, Making False Statements in Support of a Loan Application to Defraud a Financial Institution
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General (OIG), conducted a review to determine whether Indymac Bank followed Federal Housing Administration (FHA) policies and procedures when it originated FHA-insured loans. We identified a set of questionable loans Read More
June 04, 2012
Memorandum
#2012-CF-1807
Final Civil Action - Bank of America Settled Alleged Violations of the False Claims Act by Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General (OIG), conducted a review of loans underwritten by Countrywide Home Loans Inc., and its divisions Countrywide Bank FSB and Countrywide Mortgage Ventures, LLC. The objective of the review was to determine Read More
June 11, 2012
Memorandum
#2012-CF-1809
Final Civil Action - Flagstar Bank, FSB, Settled False Claims Act Allegations of Submitting False Certifications to HUD on FHA Loans
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General (OIG), assisted the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, in conducting a review of Flagstar Bank, FSB. The objective of the review was to determine whether Flagstar conducted its operations Read More
June 26, 2012
Memorandum
#2012-CF-1810
Final Civil Action - HUD Real Estate-Owned Program Violations (Report Not Available to the Public)
We reviewed alleged violations of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) real estate-owned (REO) owner-occupancy program requirements by the subject (name withheld for privacy reasons). We concluded that the subject failed to comply with the HUD REO program requirement that an Read More
July 31, 2011
Memorandum
#2011-CF-1802
Final Civil Action – Loan Origination Fraud on Federal Housing Administration Loans (Report Not Available to the Public)
We reviewed alleged violations of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan origination requirements by the subject. We concluded that the subject placed fraudulent information and documents in mortgage loan applications for Government- Read More
March 29, 2012
Memorandum
#2012-CF-1803
Final Civil Action – Loan Origination Fraud on Federal Housing Administration Loans (Report Not Available to the Public)
We reviewed alleged violations of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan origination requirements by the subject. We concluded that the subject created and altered documents used in mortgage loan applications for Government-insured home Read More
March 29, 2012
Memorandum
#2012-CF-1801
Final Civil Action – Loan Origination Fraud on Federal Housing Administration Loans (Report Not Available to the Public)
We reviewed alleged violations of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan origination requirements by the subject. We concluded that the subject placed fraudulent information and documents in mortgage loan applications for Government- Read More
March 29, 2012
Memorandum
#2012-CF-1802
Final Civil Action – Public Housing Authority Funds Diverted to Personal Use
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a review to determine whether a former Executive Director of the Superior, WI, Housing Authority, Debra Waterman, charged personal items to the housing authority credit card. We identified Read More
March 29, 2012
Memorandum
#2012-CF-1804
Homes for Life Foundation, Los Angeles, California, Did Not Properly Administer Its Supportive Housing Program Grants
We audited Homes for Life Foundation (Foundation) as a result of on-site audit work performed as part of a separate audit of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority's (Authority) administration of Supportive Housing Program funds. Our audit objective was to determine whether the Foundation Read More
December 17, 2007
Report
#2008-LA-1003