Develop and implement procedures and controls to ensure that housing assistance and utility allowance payments are correctly calculated, including the use of the Enterprise Income Verification system to verify household income, and that they are adequately supported.
2018-PH-1003 | Marzo 30, 2018
The Crisfield Housing Authority, Crisfield, MD, Did Not Properly Administer Its Housing Choice Voucher Program
Public and Indian Housing
- Status2018-PH-1003-001-DOpenClosedClosed on Septiembre 18, 2019
- Status2018-PH-1003-001-EOpenClosedClosed on Septiembre 14, 2020
Correct the errors in the files identified in this report.
- Status2018-PH-1003-001-FOpenClosedClosed on Septiembre 19, 2019
Develop and implement procedures and controls to ensure that required eligibility documentation is obtained and maintained to support households’ selection from its waiting list and admission to and continued assistance on the program.
- Status2018-PH-1003-001-GOpenClosedClosed on Abril 30, 2020
Develop and implement controls to ensure that employees comply with its computer, internet, and email use policy and use only official business email accounts to transmit confidential information.
- Status2018-PH-1003-001-HOpenClosedClosed on Septiembre 19, 2019
Develop and implement controls to ensure that its Section 8 coordinator is adequately trained and supervised to ensure that the program operates in accordance with requirements.
- Status2018-PH-1003-001-IOpenClosedClosed on Septiembre 18, 2019
Follow its administrative plan to ensure that program requirements are met.
- Status2018-PH-1003-001-KOpenClosedClosed on Septiembre 18, 2019
Provide technical assistance to the Authority to ensure that it properly administers its program and that program regulations are met.
- Status2018-PH-1003-001-LOpenClosedClosed on Abril 30, 2020
Evaluate the Authority’s email system and its computer, internet, and email use policy to determine whether they provide sufficient safeguards for transmitting and handling confidential information.
- Status2018-PH-1003-002-AOpenClosedClosed on Junio 08, 2023$238,046Questioned 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 its program $119,023 from non-Federal funds for the ineligible housing assistance payments it made due to the conflict-of-interest situation identified by the audit and any additional ineligible housing assistance payments it made outside our review period.
- Status2018-PH-1003-002-BOpenClosedClosed on Septiembre 18, 2019
Develop and implement controls to prevent and detect conflict-of-interest situations.
2018-LA-1003 | Marzo 29, 2018
The City of South Gate, CA, Did Not Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Community Planning and Development
- Status2018-LA-1003-001-AOpenClosed$811,325Questioned 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 the $811,325 in code enforcement costs (activities 591, 619, and 645), including meeting code enforcement and salary and benefit requirements,4 or repay the program from non-Federal funds.
- Status2018-LA-1003-001-BOpenClosed
Develop and implement a targeted code enforcement strategy that specifies deteriorating or deteriorated areas where code enforcement would be expected to arrest decline. The strategy should include a description of public or private improvements, rehabilitation, or services that would help facilitate code enforcement and also include performance metrics to track progress.
- Status2018-LA-1003-001-COpenClosed
Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that code enforcement salaries and benefits are charged and documented in accordance with program requirements.
- Status2018-LA-1003-002-AOpenClosed$285,496Questioned 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 $285,496 in graffiti abatement expenditures or repay the program from non-Federal funds (appendix D).
- Status2018-LA-1003-002-BOpenClosed
Develop and implement procedures and controls to ensure that graffiti abatement expenditures, including salaries and benefits, are accurately charged to CDBG grants and properly supported.
2018-KC-0001 | Marzo 26, 2018
FHA Insured $1.9 Billion in Loans to Borrowers Barred by Federal Requirements
Housing
- Status2018-KC-0001-001-AOpenClosed$1,905,340,944Funds 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.
PrioridadPriorityWe believe these open recommendations, if implemented, will have the greatest impact on helping HUD achieve its mission to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all.
Develop a method for using the Do Not Pay portal during the underwriting process to identify delinquent child support and delinquent Federal debt to prevent future FHA loans to ineligible borrowers to put $1.9 billion to better use.
Status
The Office of Housing has approved prioritization of funding for Integration between Do Not Pay portal and CHUMS. Funding was allocated to the CHUMS IT contractor on January 26, 2024, to integrate Treasury’s Do Not Pay system with CHUMS, and the IT development project was kicked off the week of February 5, 2024.
As of June 2024, the Office of Single Family Housing reported that it is working with OCIO and Treasury on the business needs for the project, and estimated that the project would be complete by September 30, 2024.
Analysis
To fully address this recommendation, HUD must provide evidence that it has implemented applicant screening against the Do Not Pay portal to identify delinquent child support and delinquent Federal debt to prevent future FHA loans going to ineligible borrowers.
Implementation of this rule should result in HUD putting $1.9 billion to better use.
- Status2018-KC-0001-001-BOpenClosed
Revise the single-family handbook to comply with regulations that prevent loans to borrowers with delinquent child support subject to Federal offset.
- Status2018-KC-0001-001-COpenClosedClosed on Julio 18, 2018
Schedule the timely renewal of data-sharing agreements to prevent data loss in CAIVRS or discontinue use of the system if implementation of 1A makes CAIVRS unnecessary.
2018-CF-1801 | Marzo 23, 2018
Final Civil Action – MetLife Home Loans, LLC, and a Borrower’s Son Settled Allegations of Failing to Comply with HUD’s Federal Housing Administration HECM Loan Requirements
General Counsel
- Status2018-CF-1801-001-AOpenClosedClosed on Marzo 23, 2018$4,000Questioned 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.
Acknowledge that the attached settlement agreement for $4,000 represents an amount due HUD from MetLife.
- Status2018-CF-1801-001-BOpenClosed$95,769Funds 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.
Enforce the indemnification agreement in the attached settlement agreement to prevent an estimated $95,769 loss to HUD. This represents an amount due HUD from MetLife for indemnifying and holding HUD harmless for any and all losses HUD incurs or has incurred in connection with FHA loan number 137-4740973.