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Date Issued

Housing

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-BO-1004-001-A
    $17,761
    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.

    Reimburse the project $17,761 from nonproject funds for the project operating funds disbursed for ineligible expenses.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-BO-1004-001-B
    $17,653
    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.

    Support or reimburse the project $17,653 from nonproject funds for the project operating funds disbursed without sufficient supporting documentation.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-BO-1004-001-C
    $45,000
    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.

    Reclassify and properly record $45,000 in owner advances misclassified as loans.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-BO-1004-001-D

    Strengthen controls to ensure that project advances are reimbursed only when the project is in a surplus-cash position.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-BO-1004-001-E

    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.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-BO-1004-001-F

    Implement adequate controls to ensure that project funds are used only for eligible and supported operating expenses.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-BO-1004-001-G

    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.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-BO-1004-001-H

    Amend the management agent agreement compensation schedule to remove bookkeeping fees as a fee separate from the 8.9 percent management agent fee.

Housing

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-CH-1003-001-B
    $144
    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.

    Reimburse the appropriate households $144 from nonproject funds for the underpayment of housing assistance due to incorrect calculations.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-CH-1003-001-F

    Ensure that third-party verifications, such as tax returns provided by the applicant, are from the source by obtaining certified tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-CH-1003-001-G

    Revise its occupancy standards to include policies and procedures to prevent underutilization of the project’s units.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-CH-1003-001-J

    Review and update the project’s waiting lists to include the missing dates and required notations.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-CH-1003-001-K

    Develop and implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that the project complies with HUD’s requirements and its own policies regarding the management of its waiting lists.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-CH-1003-001-L

    Determine whether the households residing in the project’s assisted units received housing in accordance with the program’s requirements and if not, consider a referral to HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.

Housing

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-PH-1003-001-A
    $497,762
    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.

    Provide documentation to support housing assistance payments the projects received totaling $497,762 or reimburse HUD from nonproject funds for any amount that it cannot support.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-PH-1003-001-B

    Implement controls to ensure that it maintains adequate documentation in the tenant files to show that tenants were eligible for assistance and that the housing assistance payments were supported.

Housing

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-LA-0801-001-A
    $5,115,079
    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.

    Provide support of eligibility or require lender repayment of $5,115,079 for the 822 identified claims with a reported partial claim or loan modification within the prior 24 months.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-LA-0801-001-B

    Further revise and implement Single Family Insurance System – Claims Subsystem controls to address deficiencies that allowed payment for a limited number of claims that were ineligible due to prior loan modification or FHA-HAMP option within 24 months.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-LA-0801-001-C
    $345,927
    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.

    Provide support of eligibility or require repayment of $333,178 for the 28 identified potential duplicate claims with reported matching partial claim note amounts and take appropriate action as necessary to ensure that related partial claim note amounts are correctly reflected within HUD’s Single Family Mortgage Asset Recovery Technology system for loan-servicing purposes.

Housing

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FW-1003-001-A
    $1,054,150
    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.

    We recommend that the Southwest Region Director of Multifamily Housing require the Northline Point Apartments’ owner to support that the subsidies for 51 units without annual physical inspections, without required EIV reports, or missing files were eligible and accurate or repay HUD $1,054,150 for those subsidies. Repayment must be from nonproject funds.