HUD Audits

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Catalyst: An anonymous caller contacted HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) complaint hotline claiming that the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority improperly awarded an Internet services contract for more than $200,000 without receiving competitive bids.

Findings: Auditors didn’t find any merit to the allegation. However, they found that the Virginia-based PHA didn’t always follow federal, HUD, and state procurement requirements and its own procurement policy.

HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited PK Management, LLC, based on: (1) media coverage of poor physical conditions associated with an apartment complex in Virginia that it managed; and (2) issues identified in a prior audit of the company in Birmingham, Ala. The audit objective was to determine whether PK Management assisted eligible tenants and maintained documentation to support the housing assistance payments it received for residents of the sites it managed in the Philadelphia region.

HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited the Lake View Towers Apartments’ Section 8 housing assistance payments program. HUD made housing assistance payments for the project under the Section 8 contract, which covered 395 of the 500 units. During the audit period, HUD provided the owner with nearly $8.5 million in Section 8 housing assistance payments.

HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited the multifamily Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) program at the Louis Manor Apartments in Port Arthur, Texas, because OIG’s analysis of Tenant Rental Assistance Certification System data showed red flag indicators at Louis Manor that appeared to be similar to the conditions it found during its previous multifamily audits. This is the fourth audit in a series of regional reviews of multifamily Section 8 PBRA programs.

HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited the Meeker Family and Elderly Housing project based on a referral from HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs in Denver. The project is owned and managed by the Meeker Housing Authority. HUD alleged that the owner had failed to file audited financial statements or make mortgage payments to HUD for the past 10 years.

HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) oversight of its Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program as part of its annual audit plan.

HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited the financial operations of the Pell City Housing Authority. The PHA administers 78 low-rent public housing units in Pell City, Ala. Its mission is to provide decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing and related services to the qualified citizens of Pell City. The Pell City Housing Authority is governed by a five-member board of commissioners appointed by the mayor and an executive director. The board of commissioners hires the executive director to manage the daily operations of the PHA.

HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority’s Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. The audit objective was to determine whether the PHA administered its program units in accordance with HUD’s and its own requirements.

HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited the Housing Choice Voucher program of a PHA in Fairmont, W.Va., because it received a complaint alleging that the PHA didn’t follow program requirements. The PHA administered 1,117 vouchers and received more than $5.2 million in funding for fiscal year 2016.

HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited a Section 202 site owner because of concerns raised by HUD’s Departmental Enforcement Center regarding the management of the site. The owner had failed to submit annual financial statements for fiscal years 2013 to 2015. The audit’s objective was to determine whether the owner managed the project in accordance with its regulatory agreement and HUD requirements.