The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.
2021-OE-0001 | Febrero 17, 2022
Fiscal Year 2021 Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) Evaluation Report
Chief Information Officer
- Status2021-OE-0001-23OpenClosedClosed on Agosto 05, 2024SensitiveSensitive
Sensitive information refers to information that could have a damaging import if released to the public and, therefore, must be restricted from public disclosure.
2022-CH-0002 | Febrero 15, 2022
HUD Did Not Always Comply With Its Internal Guide When Transitioning Offices From Mandatory to Maximum Telework During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Office of Administration
- Status2022-CH-0002-001-AOpenClosedClosed on Julio 14, 2022
Ensure that future policies and guidance developed to return HUD’s offices to normal operations include the specific criteria, metrics, and defined geographic area to be used by all offices as applicable.
- Status2022-CH-0002-001-BOpenClosedClosed on Julio 14, 2022
Develop and implement sufficient policies and controls to ensure that (1) applicable criteria in any future guidance are met and all safety measures are sufficiently completed before returning HUD’s offices to normal operations and (2) sufficient documentation is maintained to support that the applicable criteria were met.
2022-BO-0001 | Febrero 07, 2022
HUD Did Not Have Adequate Policies and Procedures for Ensuring That Public Housing Agencies Properly Processed Requests for Reasonable Accommodation
Public and Indian Housing
- Status2022-BO-0001-001-AOpenClosedClosed on Marzo 22, 2023
We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing and Voucher Programs update its compliance monitoring guidance to include a requirement for personnel to review PHAs reasonable accommodations policies and procedures.
- Status2022-BO-0001-001-BOpenClosed
We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing and Voucher Programs update and consolidate requests for reasonable accommodation policies and procedures to ensure that there is centralized guidance available for the field offices and PHAs.
- Status2022-BO-0001-001-COpenClosed
We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing and Voucher Programs conduct additional outreach efforts to educate tenants and PHAs on their rights and responsibilities related to requests for reasonable accommodation, including technical assistance, webinars, and external communications to inform PHAs about their responsibilities and how to evaluate requests for reasonable accommodation, and help families understand their rights.
- Status2022-BO-0001-001-DOpenClosed
We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing and Voucher Programs require that PHAs track requests for reasonable accommodation, including the date of the request, the type of request, and the disposition and date of any action taken that should be made available to HUD at its request.
- Status2022-BO-0001-001-EOpenClosedClosed on Mayo 20, 2022
We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing and Voucher Programs review the joint agreement between HUD PIH and FHEO, including the Section 504 checklist, and modify, update, or recommit to it to ensure that the role of PIH and the responsibility for conducting civil rights front-end reviews is clearly defined.
- Status2022-BO-0001-001-FOpenClosedClosed on Mayo 26, 2022
We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing and Voucher Programs ensure that personnel receive training on how to conduct the civil rights front-end reviews, including a review of PHAs reasonable accommodation policies and procedures.
2022-LA-1001 | Enero 20, 2022
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, Los Angeles, CA, Did Not Always Administer Its Continuum of Care Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Community Planning and Development
- Status2022-LA-1001-001-AOpenClosed$3,500,000Funds 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.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that subgrantee agreements are executed in a timely manner, effective monitoring is performed, and subgrantees maintain an emphasis on using their CoC funds, thereby preventing similar occurrences of $3.5 million (see appendix D) in CoC funding going unused.
- Status2022-LA-1001-001-BOpenClosedClosed on Marzo 29, 2024
Develop and implement strategies to address capacity and organizational problems or obtain technical assistance to address these issues.
- Status2022-LA-1001-001-COpenClosedClosed on Julio 15, 2024
Develop and implement procedures and controls to clearly define and update point-of-contact staff for subgrantees.
- Status2022-LA-1001-001-DOpenClosedClosed on Mayo 18, 2023
Work with HUD and subgrantees to reevaluate its CoC program’s performance goals and set targets that help to ensure that funds for future CoC grants are fully and effectively used to advance the goal of ending homelessness.
- Status2022-LA-1001-002-AOpenClosed$824,302Questioned 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.
Adequately support the eligibility of payroll costs or repay its CoC grants $824,302 from non-Federal funds.
- Status2022-LA-1001-002-BOpenClosed$55,545Questioned 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.
Adequately support the eligibility of rent costs or repay its CoC grants $55,545 from non-Federal funds.
- Status2022-LA-1001-002-COpenClosed
Develop and implement additional written procedures and controls to ensure that employees charge time in accordance with program requirements and that the Authority fully documents and supports that salary and rental cost allocations are charged to its CoC grants in accordance with its cost allocation plan.
- Status2022-LA-1001-003-AOpenClosedClosed on Junio 06, 2023
Complete and implement policies and procedures to ensure that APRs are submitted by the closeout deadline.
- Status2022-LA-1001-003-BOpenClosedClosed on Junio 06, 2023
Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that relevant personnel are routinely and regularly trained on the grant closeout process.
2022-NY-1001 | Enero 11, 2022
The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority, Buffalo, NY, Needs To Improve Its Management of the Commodore Perry Homes Development To Address Longstanding Concerns
Public and Indian Housing
- Status2022-NY-1001-001-AOpenClosedClosed on Septiembre 26, 2022
Work with the Authority to determine whether the buildings represent an imminent threat to public safety from physical deterioration and whether activities to control the situation would be exempt under the Part 58 environmental review process or excluded under the Part 50 environmental review process. If it qualifies, require the Authority to immediately take actions necessary to control the imminent threat to public safety before the full environmental review is done.
- Status2022-NY-1001-001-BOpenClosedClosed on Enero 02, 2024
Determine whether it would be beneficial for HUD to conduct a Part 50 environmental review of the development or if the Authority should conduct a Part 58 environmental review, and implement the decision to ensure that the environmental review is conducted as soon as possible as required under the action plan.