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Date Issued

Community Planning and Development

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

    Establish and implement written procedures and provide adequate training to staff associated with administering the NSP grant to help ensure accurate reporting of program income.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-AT-1004-001-H
    $11,916,072
    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.

    Develop and implement a remediation plan for the six NSP activities to show that the national objectives have been met as required to support $11,916,072 in program funds drawn or reimburse its program from non-Federal funds.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-AT-1004-001-I

    Work with the Department so that it plans properly to ensure that the six activities identified in this report meet a national objective thereby avoiding extended project delays.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-AT-1004-001-J

    Review the Department’s remaining NSP grant expenditures before its drawdowns to ensure that the expenditures are eligible and adequately supported.

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.

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

    We recommend that the Southwest Region Director of Multifamily Housing require the Northline Point Apartments’ owner to use correct dates for tenants who move in or out of subsidized units or transfer to other units. The move-ins, move-outs, and transfers must be adequately documented and supported.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FW-1003-001-C

    We recommend that the Southwest Region Director of Multifamily Housing require the Northline Point Apartments’ owner to ensure that form HUD-50059 transactions are properly coded and adequately document and support the transactions.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FW-1003-001-D

    We recommend that the Southwest Region Director of Multifamily Housing require the Northline Point Apartments’ owner to ensure that tenant income is properly verified and maintain EIV reports as required.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FW-1003-001-E

    We recommend that the Southwest Region Director of Multifamily Housing require the Northline Point Apartments’ owner to perform and document annual inspections as required.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FW-1003-001-F

    We recommend that the Southwest Region Director of Multifamily Housing require the Northline Point Apartments’ owner to implement appropriate controls to ensure that tenants are eligible, housing assistance subsidies are accurate, tenants are properly moved and transferred, transactions are properly coded, units are inspected as required, and tenant files contain all required documentation.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FW-1003-001-G

    We also recommend that the Southwest Region Director of Multifamily Housing verify that the owner is providing oversight to its onsite staff and its recently implemented quality control procedures are working as designed and in accordance with HUD requirements.

Community Planning and Development

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-NY-1002-001-A
    $5,920,097
    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 HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs require the State to provide documentation to support the appraised fair market values of the 14 properties sampled to ensure that $5,920,097 in settlement costs was supported. This recommendation includes but is not limited to providing support to show that appraisals contained accurate and verified information for the subject and comparable properties, time adjustments were supported, and other adjustments were supported. If support cannot be provided, the State should reimburse the unsupported costs from non-Federal funds.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-NY-1002-001-B
    $361,465,173
    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 HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs require the State to provide documentation to support the appraised fair market values of the 942 other properties included in our sampling universe to ensure that $361,465,173 in settlement costs was supported. This recommendation includes but is not limited to providing support to show that appraisals contained accurate and verified information for the subject and comparable properties, time adjustments were supported, and other adjustments were supported. If support cannot be provided, the State should reimburse the unsupported costs from non-Federal funds.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-NY-1002-001-C

    We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs require the State to provide documentation to support the appraised fair market values of any other properties purchased under the program since January 2016 that relied upon appraisals conducted by the contractors discussed in this report to ensure that settlement costs for those properties were supported. If support cannot be provided, the State should reimburse the unsupported costs from non-Federal funds.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-NY-1002-001-D
    $93,350,616
    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.

    We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs require the State to strengthen controls over the property valuation process for its program to ensure that up to $93,350,616 not yet disbursed is put to better use. This recommendation includes but is not limited to implementing a process to review the appraisal and quality control work to ensure that appraised fair market values are supported and that quality control reviews are performed as required by Federal, State, and industry standards and to take appropriate action for cases in which the work does not comply with requirements.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-NY-1002-002-A
    $3,119,209
    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 HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs require the State to provide documentation to show that $3,119,209 paid for appraisals and poststorm addenda performed by its contractor was reasonable, supported, and for services that were performed in accordance with applicable requirements or reimburse any unsupported costs from non-Federal funds.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-NY-1002-002-B
    $156,940
    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 HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs require the State to provide documentation to show that $156,940 paid for sales brochures, economic land analysis studies, and consultant fees was reasonable, necessary, supported, and for services that were performed in accordance with applicable requirements or reimburse any unsupported costs from non-Federal funds.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-NY-1002-002-C
    $75,006
    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 HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs require the State to provide documentation to show that $75,006 used for appraisal quality control reviews was for services that complied with applicable requirements or reimburse any unsupported costs from non-Federal funds.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-NY-1002-002-D
    $118,800
    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 HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs require the State to provide documentation to show that $118,800 paid to the State’s contractor for appraisals performed by its subcontractors was reasonable, supported, and for services that were performed in accordance with applicable requirements or reimburse any unsupported costs from non-Federal funds.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-NY-1002-002-E

    We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs require the State to execute an agreement with the City for the use of appraisal services and obtain documentation to show that services were procured in accordance with applicable requirements and that contracts contained all required provisions. If the State cannot provide the executed agreement and documentation, HUD should use one or more of the remedies for noncompliance in 24 CFR 570.495.