An audit uncovered Hawaii's Office of Housing and Homeless Solutions made roughly $13. 7 million in unauthorized or questionable expenses to a handpicked contractor, the nonprofit HomeAid Hawaii, State Auditor Les Kondo detailed in a 58-page report on Gov. Josh Green's kauhale initiative.

Discoveries in the audit about the home initiative are consistent with past reporting by independent digital news organization Honolulu Civil Beat, which documents excessive costs, HomeAid's failure to submit receipts justifying payments and payments made to insiders, including the nonprofit CEO's spouse.

Dig deeper: State Auditor Les Kondo found that Hawaii's Office of Housing and Homeless Solutions handled the responsibility of planning and administering a multimillion-dollar public works project without the ability and expertise needed to perform it.