Clarify guidance to better enhance housing authority understanding of the requirement, including explaining that housing authorities must code ceiling rent tenants as flat rents and explaining what housing authorities should do when maximum rents for low-income housing tax credit properties are lower than the minimum flat rent amounts required by HUD.
Publication Report
2017-KC-0007 | September 12, 2017
HUD Subsidized 10,119 Units for Tenants Who Were Undercharged Flat Rents
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General audited public housing agency compliance with HUD’s flat rent requirements. We initiated this audit based on multiple external audits conducted by the HUD… moreRelated Recommendations
Public and Indian Housing
- Status2017-KC-0007-001-AOpenClosedClosed on April 10, 2020$6,324,625.00Funds 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.
Finalize and implement monitoring procedures to ensure that $6,324,625 in flat rents are appropriately charged to tenants over the next year.
Follow up with the housing authorities in our sample, identified as noncompliant with flat rent requirements, to ensure that their rents are properly adjusted.