Develop and implement policies and procedures, coordinating with other program offices as needed, to track and make administrative contract expense fund expenditures readily available for review.
2018-LA-0801 | August 27, 2018
The Office of Native American Programs Section 184 Program Continues To Operate Without Adequate Oversight 3 Years After the Prior OIG Audit
Public and Indian Housing
- Status2018-LA-0801-001-EOpenClosed
- Status2018-LA-0801-001-FOpenClosed
Develop and implement a comprehensive plan to use unobligated administrative contract expense funds.
- Status2018-LA-0801-001-GOpenClosed
Consider adding additional OLG staff, including a full time director to provide additional leadership and management oversight.
2018-LA-0004 | August 13, 2018
HUD Did Not Always Ensure That Grantees Maintained the Required Depository Agreements for Investing Program Funds
Public and Indian Housing
- Status2018-LA-0004-001-AOpenClosed
Obtain the required depository agreements for two5 grantees to ensure that they invest program funds in investment securities for use in carrying out affordable housing activities in accordance with PIH Notices 2014-21, section 4, and 2015-08, section 7.
- Status2018-LA-0004-001-BOpenClosed
Strengthen monitoring controls to ensure that current and future grantees maintain the required depository agreements before allowing them to invest program funds in investment securities for use toward affordable housing activities.
- Status2018-LA-0004-001-COpenClosed
Update HUD’s Indian Housing Block Grant Recipient Self-Monitoring Guidebook to replace the expired requirement for investing program funds with PIH Notice 2015-08 and ensure that the Guidebook is updated with the latest requirements to ensure that grantees remain compliant with program requirements.
2018-OE-0004 | August 13, 2018
HUD IT System Management and Oversight of the Section 184 Program
Public and Indian Housing
- Status2018-OE-0004-01OpenClosed
Direct PIH and OCIO to develop a comprehensive project plan, documenting the milestones and dates for addressing the gaps in ONAP-LOS capabilities (functionality and reports) and the 25 recommendations made during HUD OCIO's project health assessment
- Status2018-OE-0004-02OpenClosed
Direct all stakeholders to identify all viable options to securely resolve the ONAP-LOS access issues, so authorized Section 184 lenders can access the system. The best solution should not impose unacceptable risk to business processes or sensitive data. Current program offices involved are OCIO, PIH, and FHA, while others may also be identified
- Status2018-OE-0004-03OpenClosed
Direct PIH and OCIO to ensure that the Section 184 program transitions away from dependency on CHUMS.
- Status2018-OE-0004-04OpenClosed
Continue to develop required ONAP-LOS capabilities using cloud environments as appropriate
- Status2018-OE-0004-05OpenClosed
Coordinate and participate in resolving all open recommendations from evaluation report IT System Management and Oversight of the Section 184 Program (2018-OE-0004)
2018-CH-1003 | August 02, 2018
The Housing Authority of the City of Evansville, Evansville, IN, Did Not Follow HUD’s and Its Own Requirements for Units Converted Under the Rental Assistance Demonstration
Public and Indian Housing
- Status2018-CH-1003-001-AOpenClosed$1,206,046Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
Support that the converted units met HUD’s housing quality standards or reimburse its program $1,206,046 from non-Federal funds ($1,053,618 in housing assistance payments $152,428 in administrative fees).
- Status2018-CH-1003-001-BOpenClosed$10,124Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
Seek retroactive approval or reimburse its program $10,124 for program funds paid to the contractor not approved by HUD for the housing quality standards inspections for units owned by entities substantially controlled by the Authority.
- Status2018-CH-1003-001-COpenClosed
Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that the Authority complies with HUD’s conflict-of-interest requirements, including but not limited to ensuring that (1) its staff is appropriately trained and familiar with HUD’s requirements for units owned by entities it substantially controls and (2) future contracts to perform housing quality standards inspections for program units owned by entities substantially controlled by the Authority are with a HUD-approved independent third party.
- Status2018-CH-1003-001-DOpenClosed
Implement adequate procedures and controls, including but not limited to providing guidance to its program staff on how to apply the correct contract rents and developing an effective quality control process.
2018-CH-1002 | August 01, 2018
The Indianapolis Housing Agency, Indianapolis, IN, Did Not Always Comply With HUD’s Regulations and Its Own Requirements Regarding the Financial Administration of Its Housing Choice Voucher Program
Public and Indian Housing
- Status2018-CH-1002-001-AOpenClosed$199,604Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
Provide sufficient documentation to support that it disbursed the $199,604 in program funds, which it determined were inappropriate housing or utility assistance payments, and that it made a reasonable effort to collect the debts. If the Agency cannot provide sufficient documentation to support the disbursements and that the debts were uncollectable, it should reimburse its program from non-Federal funds as appropriate. If the Agency provides sufficient documentation to support the disbursements but cannot provide sufficient documentation to support that the debts were uncollectable, it should make a reasonable effort to collect from the debtors or reimburse its program from non-Federal funds as appropriate.
- Status2018-CH-1002-001-BOpenClosed
Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that it maintains sufficient documentation to support housing and utility assistance payments and that it makes a reasonable effort to collect debts.
- Status2018-CH-1002-001-COpenClosed
Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that it follows its bad debt writeoff policy when it writes off accounts receivable.
- Status2018-CH-1002-001-DOpenClosed
Provide sufficient documentation to support that the two deleted adjustments to accounts payable and four deleted adjustments to accounts receivable were duplicate or incorrect adjustments that should have been deleted. If the Agency cannot do this, it should make the appropriate accounting entries and take the appropriate actions.
- Status2018-CH-1002-001-EOpenClosed$1,284Funds 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.
Determine whether the tenant paid the landlord nearly $1,284 for housing assistance payments that the Agency did not make to the landlord. If the tenant paid the landlord, the Agency should make the appropriate accounting entries and reimburse the tenant from program funds. If the tenant did not pay the landlord, the Agency should reinstate the adjustments to accounts payable that were inappropriately deleted and pay the landlord from program funds.