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2017 Housing Repair and Replacement Program

HUD OIG is auditing a Florida grantee’s 2017 Housing Repair and Replacement Program.  In 2018, the grantee was awarded more than $733 million to address unmet needs from Hurricane Irma.  As of November 25, 2019, the grantee expended more than $14 million for the Housing Repair Replacement program.  The audit objective is to determine whether the grantee (1) used funds for eligible homeowners and expenditures, (2) ensured that homeowners did not receive duplication of benefits, and (3) administered the program in a prudent and cost-efficient manner.

HUD Oversight and Monitoring of Slow-Spending Disaster Recovery Grantees

HUD OIG is auditing HUD’s oversight and monitoring of Disaster Recovery Grantees deemed slow spenders.  The United States Government Accountability Office (March 2019 report titled Disaster Recovery – Better Monitoring of Block Grant Funds is Needed) found that HUD did not have the guidance and monitoring plans it needs to provide adequate grantee oversight of Community Block Develop Grants Disaster Recovery funds for 2017 hurricanes.

HECM Corrective Action Verification Review

HUD OIG is reviewing HUD's corrective actions in response to four specific recommendations made in audit reports 2012-PH-0004, 2013-PH-0002, 2014-PH-0001, and 2015-PH-0004.  Our prior audits showed that HUD’s controls did not always ensure that HECM loan borrowers complied with program residency requirements.  The audits included a recommendation to prevent and mitigate instances of borrowers violating the principal residency requirements.   The objective of our audit is to determine whether HUD's actions to address the recommendations were adequate.

HUD's Assurance of PHA's Processing of Reasonable Accommodation Requests

HUD OIG is conducting an audit to assess the Department's assurance of public housing agencies processing of reasonable accommodation requests.  Reasonable accommodations are an essential tool to protect the housing rights of tenants with disabilities.  The audit objective is to determine whether HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing had adequate policies and procedures for ensuring that its public housing agencies properly addressed, assessed, and fulfilled requests for reasonable accommodations, including COVID-19 related requests.

Alexander County Housing Authority's (ACHA) improper usage of HUD subsidized Asset Management Project (AMP) funds

The OIG investigation focused on the Cairo, IL, based Alexander County Housing Authority's (ACHA) improper usage of HUD subsidized Asset Management Project (AMP) funds with prosecutorial consideration being given to 18 USC 666 (Theft, Intentional Misapplication of Funds), 18 USC 1001, (False Statements) and 18 USC 371 (Conspiracy). These funds (also referred to as operating funds and low rent housing project funds) and Capital funds are governed by 24 CFR 9908 and OMB Circular A-133. Specifically, the allegations were:

Additional Review of Information System Controls Over FHA Information Systems, Washington, DC

We reviewed the general and application controls over the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) Single Family Insurance System (SFIS) and Single Family Insurance Claims Subsystem (Claims) as part of the internal control assessments required for the fiscal year 2015 financial statement audit under the Chief Financial Officer’s Act of 1990. Our objective was to assess the general and application controls over SFIS and Claims for compliance with U.S.

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