Ensure that the owners for the two Housing Choice Voucher program units, in which the families were relocated and abatement was not performed, do not provide housing for families with children under 6 years of age until the lead hazards are abated.

Obtain documentation of a lead-based paint inspection or exemption for the 222 public housing developments that failed to provide evidence of compliance with HUD’s lead-based paint inspection requirements.

Work with the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes to update HUD’s regulations to expand the inspection and abatement requirements of 24 CFR Part 35 to housing completed after 1977 in cases in which a child with an elevated blood lead level is reported.

Implement adequate procedures and controls at HUD’s field offices to ensure that requirements of 24 CFR Part 35 are followed by public housing agencies, including monitoring the public housing agencies to ensure that required actions are appropriately completed and performed in a timely manner.

Update the occupant emergency plan so that it lists the ways occupants are to report fires or other emergencies

Periodically provide training on the occupant emergency plan once it is updated

Create a process to help ensure that fire drills for the Weaver Building occur every year

Reimburse its program $13,605 from non-Federal funds ($8,735 in overpayments of housing assistance and utility allowances $4,870 in administrative fees) due to inappropriate calculations.

Reimburse the appropriate households $2,663 from non-Federal funds for the underpayment of housing assistance and utility allowances due to inappropriate calculations.

Support or reimburse the appropriate households $44 from non-Federal funds for the unsupported payments of housing assistance cited in this finding.

Pursue collection from the applicable households or reimburse its program $1,877 from non-Federal funds for the overpayment of housing assistance due to unreported income.

Pursue collection from the applicable projects or reimburse its program $5,065 from non-Federal funds for the overpayment of housing assistance.

Reimburse the appropriate projects $177 from program funds for the underpayment of housing assistance.

Reimburse the appropriate households $263 from program funds for the underpayment of utility allowance reimbursements.

Review the payments for all certifications completed between December 2016 and February 2017 for the remaining Housing Choice Voucher and Project-Based Voucher program participants to ensure that adjustments were appropriately paid.

Implement adequate quality control procedures to ensure that it correctly pays housing assistance.

Ensure that the quality controls over the calculation of housing assistance payments implemented by the Commission are sufficient.

Initiate appropriate administrative actions and debarments against parties, including the former grants manager and contractors, who contributed to the mismanagement of program funds.

Repay to the program from non-Federal funds the $457,192 ($380,526 $48,420 $28,246) in NSP funds spent for the construction, air conditioning, and engineering services in instances in which procurement activities were not adequately performed.

Repay to the program from non-Federal funds $280,979 in NSP funds spent for property 1012 and identify and repay any additional costs spent on this property, including maintenance costs and any program income generated.