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Date Issued

Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-KC-1001-001-A
    $377,108
    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.

    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.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-KC-1001-001-B
    $24,295
    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.

    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.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-KC-1001-001-C

    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.

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

    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.

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

    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.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-KC-1001-001-F

    Ensure that Englewood Apartments’ owner and its identity-of-interest management agent provide necessary oversight to its onsite staff.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-KC-1001-002-A

    Require Englewood Apartments’ owner to further develop a formalized process to use when running and reviewing EIV reports.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-KC-1001-002-B

    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.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-KC-1001-002-C

    Monitor Englewood Apartments to ensure that it properly runs and reviews the EIV reports.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-KC-1001-002-D

    Ensure that Englewood Apartments’ owner and its identity-of-interest management agent provide necessary oversight to its onsite staff.

Public and Indian Housing

  •  
    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.

Housing

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-CH-0002-001-A

    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.

Public and Indian Housing

  •  
    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.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-BO-1002-001-B
    $408,968
    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.

    Support that $408,968 in funds not yet spent on contracts would be fair and reasonable or reallocate the funds to ensure that they will be put to their intended use.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-BO-1002-001-C

    Reprocure any contracts for which cost reasonableness cannot be supported and contracts were not properly awarded to ensure compliance with HUD requirements.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-BO-1002-001-D

    Ensure that all Authority staff members working with procurements and contract administration receive Federal procurement training.