We reviewed The Community Builders, a nonprofit development and asset management firm that received a $78.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Congress established the Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 to grant funds to States, local governments, nonprofits, and a consortium of nonprofit entities for the purpose of stabilizing communities that have suffered from property foreclosures and abandonment.

We audited the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (Authority), a $29.7 million U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 (NSP 2) grantee. We initiated the audit as part of the HUD Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) annual audit plan to review programs funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).

We reviewed the Louisville-Jefferson County Metropolitan Government’s administration of its Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) and Community Development Block Grant-Recovery (CDBG-R) program. We selected Louisville Metro for review because it received the largest grants in Kentucky with the exception of the State of Kentucky, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) had not conducted monitoring of either grant.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General audited the City of East St. Louis, Illinois’ (City) Community Development Block Grant (Block Grant) program. Our objective was to determine whether the City properly managed Block Grant-funded housing rehabilitation contracts. We found that the City awarded more than $1 million in Block Grant funds for 124 of the 147 rehabilitation contracts reviewed without adequately ensuring that it complied with requirements and that the work was completed in an acceptable manner.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General audited Pioneer Civic Services, Inc’s Supportive Housing Program and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) competitive grants. We selected Pioneer based on a request by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Community Planning and Development. Our audit objective was to determine whether Pioneer effectively administered its Program and HOPWA grants in accordance with HUD’s and other Federal requirements.

HUD OIG performed an audit of the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program at the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. The audit was part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) national mandate to oversee and audit grant activities funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). We selected the Georgia Department of Community Affairs because it received $19.1 million, which was the largest single Program grant awarded within Georgia under the Recovery Act.

HUD OIG audited the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program administered by the City of Hialeah, Florida (City). Our objective was to determine whether the City administered its Program in accordance with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 requirements. Specifically, we wanted to determine whether (1) expenditures were allowable, (2) Program participants were eligible, and (3) Program reporting requirements were met.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) OIG audited the Neighborhood Stabilization Programs (NSP) administered by Palm Beach County (County). Our objective was to determine whether the County administration of its NSPs complied with federal requirements. Specifically, we determined whether (1) NSP1 activities met or will meet the low- and moderate-income national objective, (2) program income was properly accounted for, and (3) expended program funds were allowable. In addition, we determined whether expended NSP2 administrative costs were allowable.

We audited Broward County’s Community Development Block Grant Recovery program funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The audit objective was to determine whether the County administered its program in accordance with applicable U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Recovery Act requirements. Specifically, the objective was to determine whether the County’s program (1) met the national objective(s), (2) had allowable expenditures, and (3) met reporting requirements.

We audited the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) of People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) and three of its subgrantees based on the results of a separate audit of the City of Los Angeles Housing Department (Department). HPRP is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), and auditing the Recovery Act program is part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) audit priorities.