HUD OIG audited the Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale’s (Authority’s) administration of its Public Housing Capital Fund grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This was an OIG-initiated audit in accordance with OIG’s 2010-2015 strategic plan to contribute to the effective use of Federal funds allocated by the Recovery Act.

We audited the Housing Authority of the City of Hartford’s (the Authority’s) administration of its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant that funded a construction management contract based on a hotline complaint. Our objective was to determine if the Authority solicited, evaluated, and administered the $2.5 million grant funding and associated contract (the contract) properly and in accordance with federal requirements. We also visited a sample of sites to evaluate the impact the grant had on housing.

We performed a corrective action verification review of the audit recommendations made on the procurement practices of the Housing Authority of the City of Danbury for finding 5 of Audit Report Number 2004-BO-1004, issued December 5, 2003. This review was based on a complaint. The purpose of the review was to determine whether the selected audit recommendations were implemented and the deficiencies cited in the report were corrected. The corrective action verification found that the Authority did not effectively implement recommendations 5A and 5E in the prior audit report.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General audited the Vancouver Housing Authority to determine whether it was managing and reporting its three awarded Recovery Act Capital Fund grants in accordance with requirements. We selected the Authority because it was part of our annual audit plan, which includes reviewing funds provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The Authority did not manage the construction funded with Recovery Act Capital Fund grants in accordance with requirements.

We audited the Housing Authority of the City of Camden, NJ's administration of housing assistance payments that it made under the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program as part of our fiscal year 2011 audit plan. This is the second of two audit reports that we issued on the Authority’s Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. The audit objectives addressed in this report were to determine whether the Authority accurately calculated housing assistance subsidies, properly determined the eligibility of tenants, and recertified tenants in a timely manner.

We audited the Philadelphia Housing Authority’s (Authority) administration of its housing assistance payments for leased housing under its Moving to Work Demonstration program as part of our fiscal year 2009 audit plan. This is the first of two audit reports that we plan to issue on the Authority’s leased housing program. The audit objective addressed in this report was to determine whether the Authority maintained adequate documentation to support housing assistance and utility allowance payments and accurately calculated them.

We audited the Philadelphia Housing Authority’s (Authority) administration of its housing quality standards inspection program for its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program as part of our fiscal year 2010 audit plan. The audit objective addressed in this report was to determine whether the Authority ensured that its program units met the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) housing quality standards. The Authority did not ensure that its program units met housing quality standards as required.

We audited the monitoring conducted by the Office of Public Housing (PIH), in Region 1 of their Recovery Act Capital Fund Grantees, for compliance with the Recovery Act and applicable U.S.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) oversight of tenants who improperly received multiple housing subsidies in the Section 8 and public housing programs. Our objective was to determine whether HUD ensured that housing authorities resolved items listed on the Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system’s multiple subsidy report in a reasonable amount of time.