HUD's Office of the Chief Financial Officer Generally Complied With the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 With a Few Exceptions
Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that all required data are complete, accurate, and reported in a timely manner. These procedures and controls should include but not be limited to ensuring that all transactions are recorded and reported within the proper period and listing the Read More
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HUD's Office of the Chief Financial Officer Generally Complied With the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 With a Few Exceptions
Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that all data elements are traceable to the source documentation.
Open Recommendation
HUD's Office of the Chief Financial Officer Generally Complied With the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 With a Few Exceptions
Revise internal DATA Act policy and procedure documents to resolve inconsistencies to ensure full, appropriate, and consistent implementation of the DATA Act.
Open Recommendation
HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development Did Not Always Pursue Remedial Actions but Generally Implemented Sufficient Controls for Administering Its Neighborhood Stabilization Program
Provide support showing that it took proper remedial action regarding five NSP3 grantees that missed the expenditure deadline, thereby putting $3,379,269 to better use.
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HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development Did Not Always Pursue Remedial Actions but Generally Implemented Sufficient Controls for Administering Its Neighborhood Stabilization Program
Work with 134 grantees (29 NSP1 and 105 NSP3) that reported missing expenditure deadlines in DRGR to ensure that expenditure information submitted is accurate and up to date.
Open Recommendation
HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development Did Not Appropriately Assess State CDBG Grantees' Risk to the Integrity of CPD Programs or Adequately Monitor Its Grantees
We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development develop and implement a quality review process at the headquarters level to ensure consistent compliance with its policy for risk analysis, to include but not be limited to reviewing supporting Read More
Open Recommendation
HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development Did Not Appropriately Assess State CDBG Grantees' Risk to the Integrity of CPD Programs or Adequately Monitor Its Grantees
We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, develop and implement a policy requiring field offices to rate grantees of at least medium risk that have not been monitored in their respective program area within the last 3 years on factors that Read More
Open Recommendation
HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development Did Not Appropriately Assess State CDBG Grantees' Risk to the Integrity of CPD Programs or Adequately Monitor Its Grantees
We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, develop and implement guidance for field offices to maintain supporting documentation in their official files with an adequate explanation of procedures performed to verify risk scores assigned, which Read More
Open Recommendation
HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development Did Not Appropriately Assess State CDBG Grantees' Risk to the Integrity of CPD Programs or Adequately Monitor Its Grantees
We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, develop and implement a quality control review process at the headquarters level to ensure compliance with monitoring requirements for reports and exhibits, to include but not be limited to explaining Read More
Open Recommendation
HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development Did Not Appropriately Assess State CDBG Grantees' Risk to the Integrity of CPD Programs or Adequately Monitor Its Grantees
We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, require field offices to upload referenced supporting documentation into CPD’s system for findings and concerns developed during the monitoring review.
Open Recommendation
HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development Did Not Appropriately Assess State CDBG Grantees' Risk to the Integrity of CPD Programs or Adequately Monitor Its Grantees
We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, update exhibits to require staff to document procedures performed, provide sufficient explanation to verify procedures performed and conclusions drawn, and reference appropriate supporting Read More
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HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs Generally Approved Section 232 FHA-Insured Loans in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Develop and implement controls and procedures to ensure that HUD’s underwriters properly evaluate the creditworthiness of management agents when underwriting future loans.
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HUD's Office of Multifamily Asset Management and Portfolio Oversight Did Not Comply With Its Requirements For Monitoring Management Agents' Costs
Comply with its Management Agent Handbook requirements that stipulate HUD must perform management reviews of the management agent’s central office activities as well as regular onsite reviews of functions carried out at the projects. These central office reviews should be performed at least once Read More
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HUD's Office of Multifamily Housing Programs' Complaint Process Did Not Ensure That Health and Safety Complaints Were Resolved in a Timely Manner
Develop a comprehensive process to ensure that complaints received by HUD’s Multifamily Housing Clearinghouse are resolved in a timely manner.
Status
October 2023, the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs reported that HUD was transitioning the Multifamily Clearinghouse responsibilities Read More
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HUD's Office of Multifamily Housing Programs' Complaint Process Did Not Ensure That Health and Safety Complaints Were Resolved in a Timely Manner
Develop agencywide policies and procedures for the intake, monitoring, and tracking of health and safety complaints.
Status
October 2023, the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs reported that HUD was transitioning the Multifamily Clearinghouse responsibilities to the Federal Housing Read More
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HUD's Office of Multifamily Housing Programs' Complaint Process Did Not Ensure That Health and Safety Complaints Were Resolved in a Timely Manner
Develop an automated real-time system for HUD and PBCA staff to use to
receive, track, and resolve health and safety issues.
Open Recommendation
HUD's Office of Multifamily Housing Programs' Complaint Process Did Not Ensure That Health and Safety Complaints Were Resolved in a Timely Manner
Revise the annual contributions contract to more clearly define the required treatment of health and safety issues, to include:
• Specific timeliness requirements for resolving life-threatening and non-life-threatening health and safety issues.
• Notification that HUD will actively monitor the Read More
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HUD's Office of Public Housing Did Not Clearly Define or Provide Guidance for Public Housing Agency Certifications
We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing and Voucher Program follow departmental clearance procedures and issue clarification to public housing agencies to explain what is being certified to in the Application.
Open Recommendation
HUD's Office of Public Housing Did Not Clearly Define or Provide Guidance for Public Housing Agency Certifications
We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing and Voucher Programs require public housing agencies to sign the certifications on form HUD-52723 or remove the certification.
Open Recommendation
HUD's Office of Residential Care Facilities Did Not Always Have and Use Financial Information to Adequately Assess and Monitor Nursing Homes
Work with the owners, lenders, operators, and management agents (as applicable) to develop and implement an action plan for potentially troubled and troubled nursing homes. Each plan should include an analysis of the root causes of that nursing home’s challenges and define specific and Read More
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