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  • Recommendation Number: 2017-KC-0002-001-C
  • Status: Closed
  • Date Issued: January 20, 2017
Closed Date:
February 06, 2018

Require public housing agencies to maintain support for any communication with a multifamily property listed on the Enterprise Income Verification existing tenant search.

Publication Report

2017-KC-0002 | January 19, 2017

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Did Not Always Prevent Program Participants From Receiving Multiple Subsidies

This report was revised on March 30, 2017 to change the cost type for recommendation 1A on pages 8 and 13 from unreasonable or unnecessary to funds to be put to better use. This change is needed to align the report language… more

Related Recommendations

Public and Indian Housing

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-KC-0002-001-A
    Closed on March 14, 2019
    $935,283.00
    Funds Put to Better Use

    Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.

    Require public housing agencies to run the Enterprise Income Verification existing tenant search during the admission process and retain the results in the tenant file, which would avoid unnecessary costs to HUD’s subsidy programs, allowing an estimated $935,283 to be put to better use.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-KC-0002-001-B
    Closed on February 06, 2018

    Require public housing agencies to report the program admission date to any multifamily property listed on the Enterprise Income Verification existing tenant search during the admission process.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-KC-0002-001-D
    Closed on February 26, 2019

    Require HUD staff to review Enterprise Income Verification reports from the last 12-month period during onsite housing agency reviews to ensure that any multiple subsidies have been resolved.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-KC-0002-001-E
    Closed on March 14, 2019
    $2,244,680.00
    Funds Put to Better Use

    Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.

    Implement recommendations 1A through 1D to ensure that $2.24 million in housing assistance funds will be put to better use.