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Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
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      Closed
    2024-CH-1003-001-A

    Implement procedures and controls to ensure that visual assessments for lead-based paint are completed at least every 12 months.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-CH-1003-001-B

    Implement procedures and controls to ensure that risk assessments and reevaluations are conducted in accordance with HUD’s requirements.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-CH-1003-001-C

    Obtain lead-based paint risk assessments for the five developments for which hazard reduction work was completed and perform the required reevaluations.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-CH-1003-001-D

    Determine whether the remaining five developments (Imperial Courts, Mar Vista Gardens, Nickerson Gardens, Ramona Gardens, and Rancho San Pedro) have deteriorated paint and if so, obtain lead-based paint risk assessments and reevaluations when applicable.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-CH-1003-001-E

    Coordinate with HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes to obtain training for the Authority’s employees responsible for managing lead-based paint on the management of lead-based paint, including the requirements for visual assessments, risk assessments, reevaluations, and hazard reduction.

Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-NY-0002-001-A

    Require that the PLUS system for receiving, processing, and assigning applications tracks applications and captures application intake, screening, and status, including key dates; captures data on the type of underwriter used; includes a portal for receiving documents and communicating with lenders; and generates FHA loan numbers. This will allow HUD to identify, monitor, and address processing delays and issues on a continuous basis; evaluate its performance and processes; and manage future challenges.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-NY-0002-001-B

    Update policies and procedures to include methods that will be used when applications exceed underwriter capacity, align intake and screening processes, and explain when timeframes will be enforced, including in PLUS.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-NY-0002-001-C

    Issue an industry wide letter to reinforce how intake, screening, and enforcement of timeframes will be handled.

Community Planning and Development

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-LA-1002-001-A

    Improve or enhance its antifraud efforts for the ESG program and incorporate fraud risk management practices that are consistent with the best practices identified in the Government Accountability Office’s A Framework for Managing Fraud Risks in Federal Programs and Chief Financial Officers Council and Treasury Bureau of the Fiscal Services’ Antifraud Playbook.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-LA-1002-001-B

    Obtain training or technical assistance as needed on the implementation of fraud risk management practices.

Community Planning and Development

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-LA-1001-001-A

    Establish a separate fraud risk management framework or evaluate and build upon its ERM framework by incorporating fraud risk management practices that are consistent with the principles of GAO’s Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government (Green Book), including developing a fraud risk management framework in alignment with best practices identified in GAO’s A Framework for Managing Fraud Risks in Federal Programs and the Chief Financial Officers Council’s Antifraud Playbook.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-LA-1001-001-B

    Obtain training or technical assistance on the implementation of fraud risk management practices consistent with the principles of GAO’s Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government (Green Book).

Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-NY-0001-001-A

    Update relevant policies and procedures for appraiser roster management so that they align with each other and with regulations and reflect HUD practice. At a minimum, the policies and procedures should clearly cover appraiser roster status, license expiration, disciplinary actions, removals, data accuracy, and documentation.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-NY-0001-001-B

    Maintain historical data for each appraiser record, including history on expiration dates, when appraisers are moved on or off the appraiser roster and when they are and are not allowed to be assigned to conduct appraisals.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-NY-0001-001-C

    Improve quality assurance processes by adding steps to verify that the appraiser roster is accurate and reliable over time through testing of its logic-based system controls and data fields.

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-CH-1002-001-A

    Develop and implement adequate procedures to ensure that confirmed EBLL cases, unconfirmed EBLL cases, and environmental investigations are reported to HUD.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-CH-1002-001-B

    Develop and implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that environmental investigations are completed when required.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-CH-1002-001-C

    Work with HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes to provide training for the Authority’s staff on the appropriate testing methodology for confirming that a child has an EBLL and to provide technical assistance on procedures and controls to address the issues cited in this finding.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-CH-1002-002-A

    Perform a search for historical documentation to support the lead-free status of the 15 units and the associated developments. If adequate documentation is not found to support that all lead-based paint was identified and abated and clearance was achieved as required, the Authority should complete a lead-based paint inspection of the developments to determine whether they are lead free.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-CH-1002-002-B

    Develop a quality control process to ensure that records for the remaining 1,385 units49 contain evidence of lead-free status. If adequate documentation is not found to support that all lead-based paint was identified and abated and clearance was achieved as required, the Authority should complete a lead-based paint inspection of the developments to determine whether they are lead free.