Identify and implement a method that ensures the expeditious followup inspection of RCFs

We recommend that the Director of the Public Housing Financial Management Division determine whether any of the overpayment of $3,630,286 was ineligible and take appropriate actions to recoup the ineligible payments.

We recommend that the Director of the Public Housing Financial Management Division validate the $1,191,767 in underpayments and determine if any corrections should be made.

We recommend that the Director of the Public Housing Financial Management Division recapture the overpayment of $116,218 disbursed for the units, which exceeded the PHAs’ Faircloth limit.

Develop and implement a plan to assist PHAs in improving voucher utilization, including providing additional guidance to PHAs to improve coordination between PHAs and PCWAs to improve voucher utilization and limit barriers to leasing.

Require PHAs to document that they informed FYI participants at program entry of their eligibility for supportive services and the availability of those services for the duration of the program.

For each youth referred, require PHAs to obtain PCWA certification that the PCWA will provide or secure access to supportive services.

Include FYI in its voucher risk assessment and develop and implement monitoring policies, procedures, and controls.

Establish and implement methods to regularly assess the effectiveness of the program in preventing and ending youth homelessness and improving participants’ self-sufficiency, which could include performance metrics and periodic studies performed by the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD Read More

Update its policy and procedures to define its authority for marketing troubled issuer portfolios and the conditions that must exist to extinguish issuers using rapid relocation. Corrective Action Taken As of February 2024, HUD addressed this recommendation in a Management Read More

Update its policy and procedures to define what type of information Ginnie Mae may disclose and how it will handle protected information before extinguishment. Corrective Action Taken Ginnie Mae provided the updated SOP to clarify data and information handling through all phases Read More

Update its Policies and procedures to define how Ginnie Mae will determine the portfolio value and price before Sale. Corrective Action Taken Ginnie Mae updated its Rapid Relocation Extinguishment SOP to specify the valuation model for rapid relocations will use the same Read More

Update its policies and procedures to define how Ginnie Mae intends to identify and evaluate prospective buyers to ensure its ability to absorb the extinguished portfolio before executing the purchase and sale agreement. Corrective Action Taken Ginnie Mae updated its Rapid Read More

Assesses what information Ginnie Mae needs from the MSS to ensure that they have the capacity for a large- or multiple-issuer extinguishment.

Prescribes how the contracting officer representative will review information provided by the MSS and provide actionable feedback to ensure MSS readiness.

Revise its methodology to identify slow spenders, including appropriate baselines and the definition of slow spenders.

Update its policies and procedures for tracking expenditures related to slow-spending grantees, including steps for assisting the grantees to expedite spending (including the grantee’s steps or actions to address slow spending), identifying the reasons for the delays with the grant, and Read More

Establish a reasonable timeframe for grantees to resolve DRGR flags or at a minimum, if a flag cannot be resolved within the established timeframe, have the grantee provide a remediating comment explaining why the flag could not be resolved and a proposed timeline for resolution.

Resolve or remediate outstanding flags for grants B-12-MT-01-0001, B-13-MS-36-0002, B-16-MH-48-0001, and B-16-DL-12-0001 in DRGR.

Require updated projections for grants B-12-MT-01-0001, B-13-MS-36-0002, and B-16-DL-12-0001 and provide assistance to the grantees to ensure that the expenditure deadlines will be met.