As Chief Executive Officer of the St. Petersburg Housing Authority (SPHA), Darrell Irions leads efforts to provide affordable rental housing opportunities for qualifying low-income individuals and families in the community. Under the direction of Darrell Irions, SPHA garners continued accolades for performance and agency transparency.
People rely on governmental and public entities to effectively manage funding and assets under their administration. Clarity about the responsible stewardship of taxpayer resources requires diligent documentation of activities, properties, finances, regulatory compliance, and other critical functions by an agency or department. Transparency promotes public confidence and participation in organizational directives and objectives.
To foster transparency, many quasi-governmental and governmental entities, such as SPHA, employ independent auditors. The assessment of budgets and operations by a neutral party presents the opportunity to correct errors and omissions that could impede an organization’s goals. In addition, such audits prevent long-term adoption of damaging practices and processes. A zero finding represents the optimal outcome of an audit, indicating the auditor uncovered no evidence of problems with accounting, fiduciary performance, affiliations, use of assets, and regulatory compliance.
For the past five years, SPHA’s independent external auditors have reported zero findings and an unqualified audit opinion. This annual audit of financial operations continues to prove why SPHA is considered to be a leader in “Best Practices” among housing authorities nationwide.”
People rely on governmental and public entities to effectively manage funding and assets under their administration. Clarity about the responsible stewardship of taxpayer resources requires diligent documentation of activities, properties, finances, regulatory compliance, and other critical functions by an agency or department. Transparency promotes public confidence and participation in organizational directives and objectives.
To foster transparency, many quasi-governmental and governmental entities, such as SPHA, employ independent auditors. The assessment of budgets and operations by a neutral party presents the opportunity to correct errors and omissions that could impede an organization’s goals. In addition, such audits prevent long-term adoption of damaging practices and processes. A zero finding represents the optimal outcome of an audit, indicating the auditor uncovered no evidence of problems with accounting, fiduciary performance, affiliations, use of assets, and regulatory compliance.
For the past five years, SPHA’s independent external auditors have reported zero findings and an unqualified audit opinion. This annual audit of financial operations continues to prove why SPHA is considered to be a leader in “Best Practices” among housing authorities nationwide.”