#affordable housing credits

Audit follow-up notes improvements to Hawaiʻi County affordable housing credit program

Hawaiʻi County Office of Housing and Community Development implemented standardized procedures, strengthened internal controls and formalized policies to support consistent program administration, with formal adoption of administrative rules will follow completion of Chapter 11 revisions; the original performance audit was issued in February 2023.

Hawaiʻi County’s audit finds most affordable housing credits not resulting in new units

While not in direct response to a corruption case involving a former employee of the housing agency and his co-conspirators, concerns about affordable housing development in the county have been expressed for decades.

Narrowed-Down Affordable Housing Audit Recommended for Approval

A pared-down request by a West Hawai‘i council member to have the county auditor take a deeper look into the marred county Office of Housing and Community Development’s use of affordable housing credits was recommended for approval by the county’s finance committee.

Council Postpones Resolution Seeking Performance Audit of County Housing Agency

A request by a West Hawai‘i council member to have the county auditor take a deeper look into the marred county Office of Housing and Community Development’s use of affordable housing credits was put on the backburner until later this month.

Resolution Seeks Performance Audit of Marred County Housing Agency

An expanding corruption scandal involving a former county housing specialist and his cronies has made headlines during the past two weeks and put a focus on the county’s use of affordable housing credits.