HUD Did Not Have Adequate Policies and Procedures for Ensuring That Public Housing Agencies Properly Processed Requests for Reasonable Accommodation
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.
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HUD Did Not Implement Adequate Grant Closeout and Reporting Processes To Ensure Consistent Application of GONE Act Requirements
Develop and implement controls for use of the bulk grant closeout process going forward to ensure that grants are closed in accordance with all applicable requirements, including that administrative actions and required work under the grant award have been completed by the grantee before the grant Read More
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HUD Did Not Implement Adequate Grant Closeout and Reporting Processes To Ensure Consistent Application of GONE Act Requirements
Develop and implement controls to ensure that future grant data reporting to stakeholders is consistent and accurate, including defining how records should be counted and data should be presented and ensuring that accurate POP dates are maintained in HUD’s systems.
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HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of the Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program
Develop and implement written policies and procedures with an emphasis on increased controls toward the monitoring, tracking, underwriting, and evaluating of the Section 184 program. Implementing these controls would reduce the current high level of risk in the program and result in potentially $ Read More
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HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of the Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program
Develop and implement policies and procedures for a standardized monthly delinquency report format that lenders must follow when submitting information to OLG.
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HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of the Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program
Develop and implement policies and procedures to deny payments to direct guarantee lenders for claims on loans that have material underwriting deficiencies.
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HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of the Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program
Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that OLG uses enforcement actions available under 12 U.S.C. 1715z-3a(g) for lenders that do not underwrite loans according to the Section 184 processing guidelines.
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HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of the Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program
Ensure that only underwriters that are approved by OLG are underwriting Section 184 loans.
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HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of the Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program
Develop and implement written policies and procedures for situations in which the borrower for a Section 184 loan is an Indian housing authority, a tribally designated housing entity, or an Indian tribe.
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HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of the Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program
Reconcile the total list of guaranteed Section 184 loans to the complete loan file storage list and identify and locate any missing loan files.
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HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of Its Family Self-Sufficiency Program
Require the 12 grantees to correct their action plans to ensure that they comply with program requirements and submit the corrected plans to HUD for review or require the grantees to repay HUD from non-Federal funds for any amount of the $7,779,450 they received that they cannot support.
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HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of Its Family Self-Sufficiency Program
Require the Housing Authority of Brevard County to repay $1,520 in ineligible escrow funds to HUD from non-Federal funds for the program participant that exceeded allowable contract terms of the FSS program.
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HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of Its Family Self-Sufficiency Program
Monitor the grantees’ efforts to improve the accuracy and completeness of the PIC program data to ensure that program outcomes reported to Congress are accurately supported.
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HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of Its Family Self-Sufficiency Program
Develop and implement a plan to monitor grantee FSS programs, including to ensure that escrow accounts are calculated correctly.
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HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of Its Family Self-Sufficiency Program
Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that documentation is maintained by grantees to support program participants’ contractual agreements.
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HUD Did Not Provide Effective Oversight of Section 202 Multifamily Project Refinances
We recommend that the Director, Office of Multifamily Asset Management, require that each Hub or field office review its refinanced Section 202/223(f) projects for debt service savings amounts, utilizing data provided from this audit for possible additional debt service savings. Where legally Read More
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HUD Did Not Provide Sufficient Guidance and Oversight To Ensure That State Disaster Grantees Followed Proficient Procurement Processes
Clarify that if a State receives a disaster recovery grant and chooses to certify that its procurement process is equivalent to Federal procurement standards, “equivalent” means that its procurement process fully aligns with, or meets the intent of, each of the Federal procurement standards at 2 Read More
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HUD Did Not Provide Sufficient Guidance and Oversight To Ensure That State Disaster Grantees Followed Proficient Procurement Processes
Improve its controls to ensure that appropriate staff adequately evaluates the proficiency of State grantee procurement processes for States that select the equivalency option. This includes ensuring that staff that specializes in procurement review the documentation to ensure that State Read More
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HUD Did Not Provide Sufficient Guidance and Oversight To Ensure That State Disaster Grantees Followed Proficient Procurement Processes
Clarify and improve its guidance for State grantees to explain what it means to have a procurement process that fully aligns with, or meets the intent of, each of the Federal procurement standards at 2 CFR 200.318 through 200.326.
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HUD Did Not Provide Sufficient Guidance and Oversight To Ensure That State Disaster Grantees Followed Proficient Procurement Processes
Provide procurement training and technical assistance to State grantees to ensure that they understand the intent of each of the Federal procurement standards at 2 CFR 200.318 through 200.326.
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