OIG conducted an audit of the Chicago Low-Income Housing Trust Fund’s management of housing quality inspections (HQS) for units participating in the Rental Subsidy Program (RSP) in 2017. OIG concluded that the Trust Fund did not ensure that all properties participating in the RSP met its standards for safe, sound, and secure housing in 2017. Specifically, 45.8% of RSP properties did not meet minimum HQS standards, and 61.4% did not meet Chicago Building Code requirements. The Trust Fund overpaid $30,703 to at least six properties in 2017 and $6,120 to at least one in 2018. In addition, the Trust Fund did not maintain complete documentation of known lead hazards, City Building Code violations, and local court action against subsidized properties. Finally, OIG found that the Trust Fund could not accurately gauge the amount of funding it had allotted to RSP properties, and published inaccurate and incomplete quarterly reports from 2014 through 2018. It under-reported its total funding commitments by $295,680 in 2017 alone.
Chicago, IL
United States
