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REPORTAR FRAUDE, DESPERDICIO O ABUSO
  • Recommendation Number: 2019-AT-1002-001-E
  • Status: Open
  • Date Issued: Marzo 18, 2019

Support or reimburse its CoC program $7,309 from non-Federal funds for the unsupported housing assistance payments.

Publication Report

2019-AT-1002 | Marzo 18, 2019

Louisville Metro, Louisville, KY, Did Not Always Administer the TBRA Activity in Its HOME and CoC Programs in Accordance With Program Requirements

We audited the Louisville-Jefferson County Metropolitan Government’s tenant-based rental assistance (TBRA) activity in its HOME Investment Partnerships and Continuum of Care (CoC) programs, based on a hotline complaint alleging inappropriate... más

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Community Planning and Development

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    Status
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      Closed
    2019-AT-1002-001-A
    Closed on Noviembre 27, 2023
    $10,389.00
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A] resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B] that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost]; or (C] that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Summary

    Reimburse its HOME program $10,389 ($8,797 $1,592) from non-Federal funds for the overpayment of housing assistance due to inappropriate recertifications and calculations of housing assistance.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-AT-1002-001-B
    $468.00
    Funds Put to Better Use

    Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.

    Summary

    Reimburse the four HOME program participants $468 from program funds for the underpayment of housing assistance due to inappropriate calculations of housing assistance.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-AT-1002-001-C
    Closed on Noviembre 27, 2023
    $112,827.00
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A] resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B] that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost]; or (C] that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Summary

    Reimburse its CoC program $112,827 ($109,259 $3,568) from non-Federal funds for the overpayment of housing assistance due to inappropriate recertifications and calculations of housing assistance.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-AT-1002-001-D
    $260.00
    Funds Put to Better Use

    Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.

    Summary

    Reimburse the three CoC program participants $260 from program funds for the underpayment of housing assistance due to inappropriate calculations of housing assistance.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-AT-1002-001-F
    Closed on Noviembre 27, 2023
    $385,660.00
    Funds Put to Better Use

    Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.

    Summary

    Enforce its policy or implement an alternate method for the CoC program to ensure that annual recertifications are completed in a timely manner and that housing assistance is not issued before the recertification is completed to ensure that $385,660 in program funds is appropriately used for future payments.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-AT-1002-001-G
    Closed on Marzo 26, 2024
    Summary

    Train its program staff on calculating housing assistance payments for the HOME and CoC programs to ensure that payments are appropriately calculated.