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  • Recommendation Number: 2017-KC-0007-001-A
  • Status: Closed
  • Date Issued: September 12, 2017
Closed Date:
April 10, 2020

Finalize and implement monitoring procedures to ensure that $6,324,625 in flat rents are appropriately charged to tenants over the next year.

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… more

Related Recommendations

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-KC-0007-001-B
    Closed on March 26, 2019

    Follow up with the housing authorities in our sample, identified as noncompliant with flat rent requirements, to ensure that their rents are properly adjusted.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-KC-0007-001-C
    Closed on December 19, 2017

    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.