We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New Orleans Office of Community Planning and Development require the City to support that all HOME-assisted units at the Greater Treme Consortium, Inc.-Robertson Street, Greater Treme Consortium, Inc.-Dumaine Street, Iberville Project Phase II-Bienville Basin, OIC1-N. Dorgenois Street, OIC2-Painters Street, OIC5-Pauger Street, Treme Cottages, Robert Wolfe Construction-HOME Rental Project, and Rosa Keller projects meet HUD housing property standards or repay its program from non-Federal funds $5,718,095 disbursed in contract costs.
2017-FW-1012 | September 06, 2017
The City of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, Did Not Always Properly Administer Its HOME Program
Community Planning and Development
- Status2017-FW-1012-001-DOpenClosed$5,718,095Questioned 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.
- Status2017-FW-1012-001-EOpenClosed
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New Orleans Office of Community Planning and Development require the City to establish and implement procedures for identifying and resolving property ownership transfers by the HOME organizations and projects and to ensure ongoing compliance with program requirements by project owners.
- Status2017-FW-1012-001-FOpenClosed
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New Orleans Office of Community Planning and Development require the City to establish and implement procedures to ensure that project owners submit required project compliance reports and rents are provided annually to the project owners and that it maintains documentation showing compliance.
- Status2017-FW-1012-001-GOpenClosed
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New Orleans Office of Community Planning and Development require the City to establish and implement procedures for ensuring that it performs initial income eligibility determinations, has supervisory review of determinations, and maintains adequate supporting documentation.
- Status2017-FW-1012-001-HOpenClosed
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New Orleans Office of Community Planning and Development require the City to develop and implement adequate written procedures and management controls to ensure that it conducts property inspections and onsite monitoring as required, including but not limited to establishing protocols for collecting and maintaining adequate documentation.
- Status2017-FW-1012-001-IOpenClosed
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New Orleans Office of Community Planning and Development require the City to update the IDIS PR-47 HOME Vacant Units Report to include accurate and current data and continue this practice periodically.
- Status2017-FW-1012-001-JOpenClosed
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New Orleans Office of Community Planning and Development require the City to implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure the timely reporting of program income and that it appropriately spends program income.
- Status2017-FW-1012-001-KOpenClosed
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New Orleans Office of Community Planning and Development require the City to develop tools to improve record-keeping practices and maintain appropriate databases to track data related to property inspections, onsite monitoring, unit vacancies, HOME program participants, available units, tenant-based rental assistance units, and rents.
2017-PH-0001 | September 05, 2017
HUD Can Improve Its Oversight of Community Development Block Grant Direct Home-Ownership Assistance Activities
Community Planning and Development
- Status2017-PH-0001-001-COpenClosed
Develop and implement guidance to communicate appropriate ways for grantees to calculate household income.
- Status2017-PH-0001-001-DOpenClosed
Reemphasize to field offices the importance of using the correct monitoring guide to monitor direct home-ownership assistance activities.
2017-CH-1006 | September 05, 2017
The Cooperative and Management Agent Lacked Adequate Controls Over the Operation of Lakeview East Cooperative, Chicago, IL
Housing
- Status2017-CH-1006-001-AOpenClosed
Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that memberships are sold at or below the fair market value and HUD’s secured interest in the memberships is appropriately valued.
- Status2017-CH-1006-001-BOpenClosed
Have a representative of HUD at the closing for membership sales to sign the HUD notes.
- Status2017-CH-1006-001-COpenClosed
Develop and maintain a waiting list for rental units that meets the requirements of the resident home-ownership plan and considers the tenant profile.
- Status2017-CH-1006-001-DOpenClosed
Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that any rental units vacated by current households or units associated with memberships which were repurchased by the Cooperative and then remained vacant more than 6 months, are rented to very low-, low-, or moderate-income households selected from a waiting list for rental units that meets the requirements of the resident homeownership plan and considers the tenant profile.
- Status2017-CH-1006-001-EOpenClosed
For the two units for which the Cooperative acquired the memberships associated with the units from members and which had been vacant for more than 6 months, rent the units to households that meet the tenant income profile.
- Status2017-CH-1006-001-FOpenClosed
Provide sufficient documentation to support that HUD had received 50 percent of the proceeds from initial membership sales as of May 2017. If the Cooperative cannot do this, it should pay HUD half of the principal on the promissory notes payable to the Cooperative for all of the membership sales less the amount the Cooperative can support that it paid HUD for initial membership sales.
- Status2017-CH-1006-001-GOpenClosed
Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that HUD receives its full share of the proceeds from future initial membership sales.
- Status2017-CH-1006-001-HOpenClosed
Provide sufficient documentation to support that the Cooperative used its share of the proceeds from initial membership sales in accordance with the grant agreement. If the Cooperative cannot do this, it should transfer funds from its operating account, in an amount equal to half of the principal on the mortgages to the Cooperative for all membership sales less the amount the Cooperative can support that it used for eligible purposes, to a reserve account to be used in accordance with the grant agreement.
- Status2017-CH-1006-001-IOpenClosed
Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that its share of the proceeds from initial membership sales is used in accordance with the grant agreement.
- Status2017-CH-1006-001-JOpenClosed
Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that the Cooperative receives HUD approval before using the $148,872 in proceeds from initial membership sales offset by undisbursed funds which was in the Cooperative’s reserve for replacements account for the project.