Designate a Senior Agency Official for Records Management at the Assistant Secretary level or its equivalent.
2019-OE-0002a | June 25, 2020
HUD Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Records Protection and Management
Office of Administration
- Status2019-OE-0002a-01OpenClosed
- Status2019-OE-0002a-02OpenClosed
Update and issue agency formal records policy, including detailed procedures and requirements for completing and maintaining program office and agencywide inventories of systems, records, and PII.
- Status2019-OE-0002a-03OpenClosed
Update and obtain final NARA approval of all HUD records retention schedules, including the Capstone email schedule, to comply with Federal requirements, including OMB M-19-21.
- Status2019-OE-0002a-04OpenClosed
Develop and approve an enterprise strategy to meet all M-19-21 electronic transition requirements.
- Status2019-OE-0002a-05OpenClosed
Issue a formal policy and requirements for managing CUI.
- Status2019-OE-0002a-06OpenClosed
Establish and disseminate a policy on safeguarding or prohibiting the transportation of PII records out of the office for telework purposes.
- Status2019-OE-0002a-07OpenClosed
Complete the development of performance measures and establish a formal records evaluation process to measure the effectiveness and progress of the records management program.
- Status2019-OE-0002a-08OpenClosed
Standardize processes and duties for all RMLOs.
- Status2019-OE-0002a-09OpenClosed
Conduct a staffing resource assessment for the HUD records program and identify any skills gaps or resource needs.
2020-KC-1001 | June 08, 2020
Englewood Apartments Did Not Comply With Tenant Eligibility and Recertification Requirements
Housing
- Status2020-KC-1001-001-AOpenClosed$377,108Questioned 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.
Require the Englewood Apartments’ owner to repay HUD from non-project funds the projected $377,108 in housing assistance payments for tenants who were not eligible for assistance.
- Status2020-KC-1001-001-BOpenClosed$24,295Questioned 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.
Require Englewood Apartments to support that $24,295 in unsupported housing assistance payments was eligible and accurate. Englewood Apartments’ owner should repay any subsidy overpayments to HUD from non-project sources. Further, the owner should reimburse tenants for overcharged rents or enter into a repayment agreement with tenants who were undercharged due to nondisclosure of income.
- Status2020-KC-1001-001-COpenClosed
Require the Englewood Apartments’ owner to implement appropriate controls, including a formalized process, to use when conducting initial certifications and interim and annual recertifications to ensure that tenants are eligible, housing assistance payments are accurate, and tenant files contain all required documentation to comply with HUD’s and its own requirements. In addition, the updated controls should ensure a layer of management oversight to review all certifications before final approval until such time as onsite management is trained and has been proven to follow HUD’s and its own requirements.
- Status2020-KC-1001-001-DOpenClosed
Ensure that the owner, management agent, and staff complete training to ensure that they understand their duties, including HUD’s and local tenant eligibility and certification requirements.
- Status2020-KC-1001-001-EOpenClosed
Monitor Englewood Apartments to ensure that its staff properly maintains tenant files and completes required certifications in accordance with HUD’s and its own requirements.
- Status2020-KC-1001-001-FOpenClosed
Ensure that Englewood Apartments’ owner and its identity-of-interest management agent provide necessary oversight to its onsite staff.
- Status2020-KC-1001-002-AOpenClosed
Require Englewood Apartments’ owner to further develop a formalized process to use when running and reviewing EIV reports.
- Status2020-KC-1001-002-BOpenClosed
Require Englewood Apartments’ owner to ensure that the management agent and staff complete EIV training to ensure that staff members understand their duties and both HUD’s and Englewood Apartments’ own requirements.
- Status2020-KC-1001-002-COpenClosed
Monitor Englewood Apartments to ensure that it properly runs and reviews the EIV reports.
- Status2020-KC-1001-002-DOpenClosed
Ensure that Englewood Apartments’ owner and its identity-of-interest management agent provide necessary oversight to its onsite staff.
2020-CH-0002 | March 20, 2020
HUD May Be Able To Improve Its Cash Flow Model To Estimate and Reestimate the Credit Subsidy for Cohorts of Mortgages Within the Section 232 Program
Housing
- Status2020-CH-0002-001-AOpenClosed
Continue testing the financial and credit history variables, including default data, and include the appropriate reliable and sufficient variables for the cash flow model used to estimate and reestimate the credit subsidy for the cohorts of mortgages within the Section 232 program.