Certify, along with the owners of the 26 units cited in the finding, that the applicable housing quality standards violations have been corrected.

Perform all required quality control housing quality standards inspections in compliance with its HUD-approved MTW plan, thus helping to ensure that its inspectors perform housing quality standards inspections in accordance with HUD’s requirements.

Reimburse its Section 8 Project-Based Voucher program $443,204 ($394,190 in housing assistance payments and $49,014 in associated administrative fees) from nonproject funds for the payments related to the 206 Authority-owned units’ inspections not conducted by a HUD-approved independent entity and Read More

Ensure that HUD-approved independent third parties complete the unit inspections and determine the rent reasonableness for units it owns or seek an appropriate exemption of program requirements from the HUD Secretary.

Ensure that in future RAD conversions, if any, unit inspections are conducted for compliance with HUD’s housing quality standards after rehabilitation and construction is completed and before tenants move in.

Provide adequate training to its staff to ensure compliance with Section 8 Project-Based Voucher program requirements for unit inspections and rent reasonableness determinations.

Review the two cardholders with incomplete approvals and determine whether the purchases were allowable and proper. If they were not for official government use, OCPO should determine whether the cardholders paid the credit bill for the improper charges, request reimbursement when applicable, and Read More

Strengthen current written policies on occupancy requirements for subsidized multifamily housing programs to ensure that prospective tenants do not improperly bypass waiting lists.

We recommend that the Little Rock Acting PIH Director require the Authority to develop and implement an achievable plan to close the remaining projects and complete its RAD program conversions.

We recommend that the Little Rock Acting PIH Director require the Authority to support or repay $1,925,814 in predevelopment costs to its program from nonfederal funds.

We recommend that the Little Rock Acting PIH Director require the Authority to design and implement financial controls to ensure that $829,544 in remaining predevelopment costs is properly accounted for and supported.

We recommend that the Little Rock Acting PIH Director require the Authority to develop and implement procedures to identify, report, and resolve conflict-of-interest and ethics concerns.

We recommend that the Little Rock Acting PIH Director require the Authority to design and implement adequate control systems to ensure that the executive management team provides oversight of its RAD program.

Reimburse FHA borrowers $25,700 for fees that were not customary or reasonable and $46,510 in discount fees that did not represent their intended purpose.

Reimburse $13,726 to FHA borrowers for the fees that were not customary or reasonable.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Newark Office of Public Housing make a determination regarding outstanding agreement income, including whether those unspent funds should be returned to the public housing agencies, thereby putting up to $697,912 to better use, including $478,165 related to Read More

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Newark Office of Public Housing provide technical assistance to Long Branch and require updates to its procedures to ensure that it properly classifies income received under any future agreements or activities.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Newark Office of Public Housing require Long Branch to prepare and provide support for a reasonable estimate of the amount of employee time used to perform services for Asbury Park and Red Bank and the amount of Long Branch program funds used to pay for that Read More

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Newark Office of Public Housing require Long Branch to reimburse Long Branch’s program from non-Federal funds for any Long Branch program funds used for payroll expenses related to services provided to Asbury Park and Red Bank as established in Read More

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Newark Office of Public Housing require Long Branch to prepare and provide support to show the reasonableness and eligibility of the $1,583,652 in employee incentive payments related to services performed for Asbury Park and Red Bank, which was paid from Read More