Develop and implement policy and procedures for the incremental obligation process used for project-based Section 8 funds, including documentation for determining the incremental amounts and controls to review the amounts for accuracy.
2020-FO-0003 | Febrero 07, 2020
Additional Details To Supplement Our Fiscal Year 2019 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Financial Statements Audit
Housing
- Status2020-FO-0003-004-COpenClosed
2020-AT-0801 | Febrero 04, 2020
HUD Had Not Established Deadlines for Reporting FHA-HAMP Nonincentivized Loan Modifications and Filing Nonincentivized Partial Claims
Housing
- Status2020-AT-0801-001-BOpenClosed
Update HUD’s loss mitigation policies, to include deadlines for the servicers to report the new terms of the FHA-HAMP nonincentivized loan modifications, and consider imposing sanctions for noncompliance with these deadline requirements.
2020-FO-0001 | Noviembre 14, 2019
Fiscal Years 2019 and 2018 Financial Statements Audit
Housing
- Status2020-FO-0001-001-AOpenClosed
Ensure that the HECM cash flow model assumptions capture all valid assignments or provide an analysis showing that the model results are not biased due to the exclusion of valid HECM assignments.
- Status2020-FO-0001-001-BOpenClosed
Document and implement policies and procedures to ensure that data observations for key assumptions that are inconsistent with FHA’s understanding of program operations are researched and further analyzed and that all results are concurrently documented and included in the model documentation.
- Status2020-FO-0001-001-COpenClosed
Update the posting models to ensure that refunds relating to payments made in prior years are properly recorded in accordance with OMB Circular A-11.
- Status2020-FO-0001-001-DOpenClosed
Correct the programming error in the HERMIT system to ensure that the correct insurance-in-force balances are reported on the note disclosures.
- Status2020-FO-0001-001-EOpenClosed
Develop policies and procedures to ensure that the line items in the required note disclosures are understood, properly calculated, and properly disclosed in the financial statements in accordance with OMB Circular A-136.
2019-KC-0003 | Septiembre 30, 2019
FHA Insured at Least $13 Billion in Loans to Ineligible Borrowers With Delinquent Federal Tax Debt
Housing
- Status2019-KC-0003-001-BOpenClosed
Revise HUD handbooks for forward and reverse mortgages to reflect that tax liens and judgments are no longer reported on credit reports.
- Status2019-KC-0003-001-COpenClosed
Revise HUD handbooks for forward and reverse mortgages for uniformity in the treatment of delinquent tax debt and the existence of payment plans as only the forward mortgage handbook requires 3 months of payments.
2019-BO-1004 | Septiembre 09, 2019
Tuscan Homes I and II in Hartford, CT, Was Not Always Managed in Accordance With Its Regulatory Agreement and HUD Requirements
Housing
- Status2019-BO-1004-001-AOpenClosed$17,761Questioned 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.
Reimburse the project $17,761 from nonproject funds for the project operating funds disbursed for ineligible expenses.
- Status2019-BO-1004-001-BOpenClosed$17,653Questioned 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.
Support or reimburse the project $17,653 from nonproject funds for the project operating funds disbursed without sufficient supporting documentation.
- Status2019-BO-1004-001-COpenClosed$45,000Funds 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.
Reclassify and properly record $45,000 in owner advances misclassified as loans.
- Status2019-BO-1004-001-DOpenClosed
Strengthen controls to ensure that project advances are reimbursed only when the project is in a surplus-cash position.
- Status2019-BO-1004-001-EOpenClosed
Implement adequate controls to ensure the review of the management agent fee to ensure that it is properly calculated in accordance with the HUD management agent certification and approved prior to payment from project operating funds.
- Status2019-BO-1004-001-FOpenClosed
Implement adequate controls to ensure that project funds are used only for eligible and supported operating expenses.
- Status2019-BO-1004-001-GOpenClosed
Obtain a formal agreement and approval from HUD to specify who is authorized to use the project’s community and recreation rooms and what activities are authorized or prohibited. In addition, this agreement must ensure that sufficient legal and liability protections are in place, establish consequences for noncompliance, and determine who is to pay for the utilities and maintenance of the rooms.
- Status2019-BO-1004-001-HOpenClosed
Amend the management agent agreement compensation schedule to remove bookkeeping fees as a fee separate from the 8.9 percent management agent fee.
2019-CH-1003 | Septiembre 03, 2019
The Management Agent for Lake View Towers Apartments, Chicago, IL, Did Not Always Comply With HUD’s Section 8 HAP Program Requirements
Housing
- Status2019-CH-1003-001-BOpenClosed$144Funds 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.
Reimburse the appropriate households $144 from nonproject funds for the underpayment of housing assistance due to incorrect calculations.
- Status2019-CH-1003-001-GOpenClosed
Revise its occupancy standards to include policies and procedures to prevent underutilization of the project’s units.
- Status2019-CH-1003-001-JOpenClosed
Review and update the project’s waiting lists to include the missing dates and required notations.