The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Inspector General audited the Housing Authority of the City of South Bend, IN’s (Authority) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) Public Housing Capital Fund Stimulus Formula grant. Our objective was to determine whether the Authority obligated, disbursed, and expended funds in accordance with Recovery Act and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requirements.

We audited the Rockford Housing Authority’s (Authority) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) Public Housing Capital Fund Stimulus Formula and Competitive grants. The audit was part of the activities in our fiscal year 2011 annual audit plan. We selected the Authority based on a citizen complaint. Our objective was to determine whether the Authority administered its grants in accordance with Recovery Act and U.S.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Inspector General audited the DuPage Housing Authority’s (Authority) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program (program). The audit was part of the activities in our fiscal year 2010 annual audit plan. We selected the Authority based on the results of our audits of its Project-Based Voucher program. Our objective was to determine whether the Authority effectively administered its program in accordance with the U.S.

We audited the Housing Authority of the County of Cook’s (Authority) nonprofit development activities. The audit was part of the activities in our fiscal year 2010 annual audit plan. We selected the Authority’s nonprofit development activities based on a citizen’s complaint forwarded to our office from the County of Cook, IL’s Office of the Independent Inspector General. Our objective was to determine whether the Authority administered its Section 8 housing assistance payments to its nonprofit’s units in accordance with the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Inspector General audited the East St. Louis Housing Authority’s (Authority) Public Housing Capital Fund program. Our audit objective was to determine whether the Authority had proper support for its capital fund draws. We concluded that the Authority drew down grant funds for ineligible items and without adequate support. Specifically, it made unsupported draws, excessive administration draws, draws for force account labor without prior approval, draws above the invoiced amount, and duplicate draws.

We audited the Wilmington Housing Authority's administration of its Public Housing Capital Fund Recovery Act-Funded Formula and Competitive Grants that it received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).

We audited the Housing Authority of the City of New Haven’s (Authority) Public Housing Capital Fund (Capital Fund) and American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 Capital Fund (Recovery Act Capital Fund) projects for compliance with environmental and labor law requirements. We initiated this assignment because a previous Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit of the Authority’s Recovery Act Capital Fund activities identified a significant risk of noncompliance with environmental and labor law requirements that could impact all of the Authority’s Capital Fund projects.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General, reviewed the Housing Authority of the City and County of Denver, CO (Authority), because it had the largest number of low-rent and Section 8 units and received the largest amount of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) capital funds of all of the housing authorities in HUD's Region VIII (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota).

We audited the Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Public Housing Capital Fund formula and competitive grants. We performed the audit because Recovery Act reviews are part of the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) annual plan and the Los Angeles Office Public Housing’s 2011 risk assessment rated the Authority as high risk based on data from the Authority’s most recent Real Estate Assessment Center physical inspections and Financial Data Schedule submission.

We audited the Tule River Indian Housing Authority in response to a complaint involving the Authority’s alleged misuse and improper procurement of $303,721 in Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Native American Housing Block Grant funding to be used for cabinet construction work on 38 of its housing units. Our overall objective was to determine whether the Authority followed procurement and contracting requirements and used its Recovery Act Native American Housing Block Grant funding in accordance with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requirements.