Updated on June 4: An audit of the San Francisco Housing Authority finds that the program is about to run out of money, and has serious problems with management, oversight, vision and planning.
Released Monday, the audit examines how well San Francisco's Housing Authority is managing its multimillion-dollar budget and keeping up with the property needs of its 31,000 clients.
San Francisco Supervisor David Campos called for the audit. He says the goal of the audit is to see how SFHA is addressing its tenants' needs: both the public housing program and the Section 8 program, which helps people pay for housing.
"We know that the new temporary leadership that the agency has is committed to addressing those things," Campos says, "but we wanted to have a comprehensive review of what has actually happened."
Part of the challenge involves record keeping at SFHA. Campos says that includes not having the Authority's board meetings televised, adding to a lack of transparency.