HUD Needs To Improve Its Oversight of Grants Funded Through Its Resident Home-Ownership Program
Conduct onsite management reviews of the projects to supplement the onsite use restriction agreement compliance monitoring reviews to ensure that the projects are operated in accordance with HUD’s requirements.
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HUD Needs To Improve Its Oversight of Grants Funded Through Its Resident Home-Ownership Program
Work with the Office of Multifamily Asset Management and Portfolio Oversight to develop and issue guidance on requirements in the grant and use agreements that would benefit the grantees’ board members and staff of the projects’ management agents.
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HUD Needs To Improve Its Oversight of Lead in the Water of Housing Choice Voucher and Public Housing Program Units
Develop and implement an action plan that includes sufficient policies, procedures, and controls that address households living in assisted units having a sufficient supply of safe drinking water. Such policies, procedures, and controls should include but not be limited to (1) developing and Read More
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HUD Needs To Improve Its Oversight of Lead in the Water of Multifamily Housing Units
Develop and implement an action plan that includes sufficient policies, procedures, and controls that address households living in multifamily housing units having a sufficient supply of safe drinking water […]
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As of June 2024, the Office of Multifamily Housing has revised its Read More
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HUD Paid an Estimated $413 Million for Unnecessary Preforeclosure Claim Interest and Other Costs Due to Lender Servicing Delays
Implement a change to regulations at 24 CFR Part 203 to require curtailment of preforeclosure interest and other costs that are caused by lender servicing delays, resulting in $413,513,975 in funds to be put to better use. This should include updating or seeking statutory authority to update HUD’s Read More
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HUD Paid Rental Subsidies To Benefit Public Housing and Voucher Tenants Reported as Excluded From Federal Programs or Deceased
Issue guidance to PHAs to ensure any applicant for or tenant of public or assisted housing whose name appears on the SAM excluded parties list are reviewed by PHAs to determine eligibility in a manner consistent with the regulations in 2 CFR 180 and 2424 so that ineligible applicants or tenants Read More
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HUD Paid Rental Subsidies To Benefit Public Housing and Voucher Tenants Reported as Excluded From Federal Programs or Deceased
Take corrective actions for the 729 tenants reported as deceased to put $6.1 million to better use.
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HUD Paid Rental Subsidies To Benefit Public Housing and Voucher Tenants Reported as Excluded From Federal Programs or Deceased
Establish a method to provide information in the Do Not Pay system to PHAs and require its use.
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HUD PIH's Required Conversion Program Was Not Adequately Implemented
We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing Investments direct staff to determine whether the nine PHAs that were classified as troubled or physically substandard have public housing developments that are subject to the required conversion requirements to support whether Read More
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HUD PIH's Required Conversion Program Was Not Adequately Implemented
We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing Investments direct staff to develop and implement policies and procedures with the Office of Field Operations regarding identification of potentially distressed projects and monitoring and enforcement of the required conversion Read More
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HUD PII Records Protection and Management
Designate a Senior Agency Official for Records Management at the Assistant Secretary level or its equivalent.
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HUD PII Records Protection and Management
Update and issue agency formal records policy, including detailed procedures and requirements for completing and maintaining program office and agencywide inventories of systems, records, and PII.
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HUD PII Records Protection and Management
Update and obtain final NARA approval of all HUD records retention schedules, including the Capstone email schedule, to comply with Federal requirements, including OMB M-19-21.
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HUD PII Records Protection and Management
Develop and approve an enterprise strategy to meet all M-19-21 electronic transition requirements.
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HUD PII Records Protection and Management
Issue a formal policy and requirements for managing CUI.
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HUD PII Records Protection and Management
Establish and disseminate a policy on safeguarding or prohibiting the transportation of PII records out of the office for telework purposes.
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HUD PII Records Protection and Management
Complete the development of performance measures and establish a formal records evaluation process to measure the effectiveness and progress of the records management program.
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HUD PII Records Protection and Management
Standardize processes and duties for all RMLOs.
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HUD PII Records Protection and Management
Conduct a staffing resource assessment for the HUD records program and identify any skills gaps or resource needs.
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HUD Policies Did Not Always Ensure That Borrowers Complied With Program Residency Requirements
Implement control policies or procedures to at least annually coordinate with HUD’s Office of Public Housing to match data in the Single Family Data Warehouse to data in the Public Housing Information Center to prevent or mitigate instances of borrowers violating Program residency requirements by Read More
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