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Date Issued

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-CH-0006-002-A
    $248,514
    Questioned 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.

    Pursue collection or recapture $248,514 ($115,335 $133,179) from the applicable public housing agencies for the overpayment of category 2b portability set-aside funds and special administrative fees cited in this finding.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-CH-0006-002-B
    $35,189
    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.

    Distribute $35,189 to the applicable public housing agencies for the underpayment of special administrative fees for portability cited in this finding.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-CH-0006-002-C

    Review the calculations and distributions of funds for the 2019 category 2b portability set-aside and special administrative fees for portability to ensure that the spreadsheet errors did not carry forward from the previous calculations.

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-LA-1005-001-A
    $607,598
    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.

    Request indemnification for the 7 of the 11 loans that had material underwriting deficiencies (appendix D). The unpaid balance for these loans is $1.3 million and the estimated potential loss to HUD is $607,598.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-LA-1005-001-B

    Require the lender to develop and implement enhanced policies and procedures to ensure electronic signatures from borrowers are properly supported.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-LA-1005-001-C

    Require the lender to fully implement its quality control plan with respect to reverifications and provide HUD with periodic reports for 12 months to ensure that it conducts its quality control reviews in accordance with the requirements.

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-AT-1003-001-A
    $256,824
    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.

    Put $256,824 to better use by cancelling the project-based voucher housing assistance payments contract resulting from the RAD conversion. The Authority should work with HUD and the owner to protect the tenancy of the affected tenants at the time of contract cancellation.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-AT-1003-001-B
    $138,925
    Questioned 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.

    Reimburse its Section 8 program $138,925 in associated administrative fees from non-Federal funds for the improper issuance of tenant protection assistance and an improper conversion to the project-based voucher program.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-AT-1003-001-C

    Develop and implement procedures to ensure that forms HUD-50059 and or tenant profiles is received from HUD before providing tenant protection assistance resulting from a completed housing conversion action.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-AT-1003-001-D

    Provide adequate training to staff associated with administering tenant protection and project-based vouchers to help address its lack of familiarity with requirements and ensure compliance with program requirements.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-AT-1003-001-E

    Develop and implement procedures for executing Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Program housing assistance payments contracts related to RAD conversions.

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-CH-0004-001-A

    Develop and implement an action plan that includes sufficient policies, procedures, and controls that address households living in assisted units having a sufficient supply of safe drinking water. Such policies, procedures, and controls should include but not be limited to (1) developing and implementing internal procedures to be notified, and share with public housing agencies, when the public water systems’ water exceeds the Environmental Protection Agency’s lead action level and (2) revising HUD’s applicable regulations, providing guidance to public housing agencies and Housing Choice Voucher Program landlords, and taking appropriate actions so that households living in assisted units have a sufficient supply of safe drinking water.

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-BO-0001-001-A

    Evaluate the risk that employee benefit contributions expensed at PHAs may be unreasonable and, if determined necessary, establish and implement controls to reduce or eliminate the evaluated risk.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-BO-0001-001-B

    Develop and implement additional guidance to ensure that PHAs enter accurate employee benefit data into FASS-PH.

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-PH-1001-001-A
    $860,132
    Questioned 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 documentation to show that the proposal of the vendor that it selected and paid $860,132 was the most advantageous or reimburse its program from non-Federal funds for any amounts that it cannot support.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-PH-1001-001-B

    Develop and implement controls to monitor its agent to ensure that it procures products and services in accordance with applicable Federal procurement requirements.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-PH-1001-001-C
    $156,675
    Questioned 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.

    Reimburse its program $156,675 from non-Federal funds for the ineligible payments it made due to the conflict-of-interest situation identified by the audit.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-PH-1001-001-D

    Develop and implement controls to ensure that it obtains waivers from HUD before entering into agreements that create conflict-of-interest situations.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-PH-1001-001-E

    Provide training and technical assistance to the Authority to ensure that it understands the proper use of intergovernmental agreements in accordance with HUD requirements.

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-BO-1002-001-A
    $916,132
    Questioned 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 $916,132 spent on contracts was fair and reasonable in accordance with Federal requirements or repay the Operating Fund or Capital Fund program from non-Federal funds any amount that cannot be supported.