Deobligate and recapture $1,440,165 in undrawn Section 202 funds assigned to the project.
2018-AT-1802 | December 28, 2017
Yabucoa Housing Project, Yabucoa Volunteers of America Elderly Housing, Inc., Yabucoa, PR, Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program
Housing
- Status2018-AT-1802-001-BOpenClosed$1,440,165Funds 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.
- Status2018-AT-1802-001-COpenClosed$140,000Questioned 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 Volunteers to reimburse to the United States Treasury $140,000 from non-Federal funds for ineligible project construction costs charged to the Section 202 project.
- Status2018-AT-1802-001-DOpenClosed$1,057,467Questioned 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.
Return to the Puerto Rico Department of Housing $1,057,467, plus any interest earned, for the duplicate special escrow fund payments it received.
2018-CH-0001 | December 21, 2017
HUD Needs To Improve Its Oversight of Grants Funded Through Its Resident Home-Ownership Program
Housing
- Status2018-CH-0001-001-AOpenClosed
Conduct onsite management reviews of the projects to supplement the onsite use restriction agreement compliance monitoring reviews to ensure that the projects are operated in accordance with HUD’s requirements.
- Status2018-CH-0001-001-BOpenClosed
Work with the Office of Multifamily Asset Management and Portfolio Oversight to develop and issue guidance on requirements in the grant and use agreements that would benefit the grantees’ board members and staff of the projects’ management agents.
2018-BO-1002 | November 15, 2017
The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven, CT, Made Ineligible Housing Assistance Payments From Its Housing Choice Voucher Program
Public and Indian Housing
- Status2018-BO-1002-001-AOpenClosed$281,929Questioned 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.
Repay the Housing Choice Voucher program from non-Federal funds the $281,929 in ineligible retroactive housing assistance payments.
- Status2018-BO-1002-001-BOpenClosed
Develop and implement internal control procedures to ensure that housing assistance funds appropriated for 1 calendar year are not used to make retroactive housing assistance payments for prior years.
- Status2018-BO-1002-001-COpenClosed$32,682Questioned 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.
Repay the Housing Choice Voucher program from non-Federal funds the $32,682 in ineligible housing assistance overpayments made due to program errors.
- Status2018-BO-1002-001-DOpenClosed
Develop and implement internal control procedures to ensure that housing assistance payments resulting from errors of Authority officials are covered by the Authority’s administrative fees.
- Status2018-BO-1002-001-EOpenClosed
Develop and implement internal control procedures to ensure that housing assistance payments are not made to owners without a properly executed lease and housing assistance payments contract.
- Status2018-BO-1002-001-FOpenClosed
Develop and implement internal controls to ensure that housing assistance payments discontinue once a program participant is absorbed into another public housing agency’s program or leaves the program.
- Status2018-BO-1002-001-GOpenClosed
Provide support showing that the repayment of housing assistance overpayments found by the Authority were received.
2018-FO-0004 | November 14, 2017
Additional Details To Supplement Our Fiscal Years 2017 and 2016 (Restated) U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Financial Statement Audit
Housing
- Status2018-FO-0004-008-FOpenClosed$45,423,522Funds 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.
Deobligate all obligations marked for deobligation during the departmentwide OOR, including as much as $42,491,202 in 581 administrative obligations and $2,932,320 in 12 program obligations marked for deobligation as of September 30, 2017.
- Status2018-FO-0004-008-GOpenClosed$56,435,559Funds 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.
Review the 84 identified inactive retained obligations with remaining balances totaling $56,435,559 and close out and deobligate amounts tied to obligations that are no longer valid or needed.
- Status2018-FO-0004-008-HOpenClosed$104,131,873Funds 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.
Review and if necessary deobligate the 40 and 30 expired or inactive Section 236 and Section 202-811 projects totaling $17,416,572 and $86,715,301, respectively.
Public and Indian Housing
- Status2018-FO-0004-002-FOpenClosed
Work with OCFO to develop a consistent and reasonable methodology for determining the PIH prepayment, which (1) allows for timely recording of financial events, (2) complies with GAAP, and (3) provides an adequate audit trail until the cash management process is automated.
- Status2018-FO-0004-002-GOpenClosed
Reopen recommendation 2016-FO-0003-002-D, “Develop a tracking function for the payments advanced to IHBG recipients to facilitate financial reporting and monitoring compliance with grant time restrictions.”
- Status2018-FO-0004-008-IOpenClosed$765,000Funds 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.
Review the one identified retained inactive obligation with a remaining balance totaling $765,000 and close out and deobligate amounts tied to obligations that are no longer valid or needed.
- Status2018-FO-0004-011-AOpenClosed
For all 32 debts not under repayment agreement, (1) send demand letters for any debts for which a demand letter has not been sent and (2) aggressively work with the PHAs to determine appropriate repayment agreement terms.
- Status2018-FO-0004-011-BOpenClosed
Establish procedures to ensure that the debt file is sent to the OCFO DCCO for claim establishment if initial collection attempts prove unsuccessful.