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Date Issued

Housing

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-AT-1802-001-B
    $1,440,165
    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.

    Deobligate and recapture $1,440,165 in undrawn Section 202 funds assigned to the project.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-AT-1802-001-C
    $140,000
    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 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.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-AT-1802-001-D
    $1,057,467
    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.

    Return to the Puerto Rico Department of Housing $1,057,467, plus any interest earned, for the duplicate special escrow fund payments it received.

Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-CH-0001-001-A

    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.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-CH-0001-001-B

    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.

Public and Indian Housing

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-BO-1002-001-A
    $281,929
    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.

    Repay the Housing Choice Voucher program from non-Federal funds the $281,929 in ineligible retroactive housing assistance payments.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-BO-1002-001-B

    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.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-BO-1002-001-C
    $32,682
    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.

    Repay the Housing Choice Voucher program from non-Federal funds the $32,682 in ineligible housing assistance overpayments made due to program errors.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-BO-1002-001-D

    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.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-BO-1002-001-E

    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.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-BO-1002-001-F

    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.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-BO-1002-001-G

    Provide support showing that the repayment of housing assistance overpayments found by the Authority were received.

Housing

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-008-F
    $45,423,522
    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.

    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.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-008-G
    $56,435,559
    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.

    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.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-008-H
    $104,131,873
    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.

    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

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-002-F

    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.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-002-G

    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.”

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-008-I
    $765,000
    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.

    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.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-011-A

    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.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-FO-0004-011-B

    Establish procedures to ensure that the debt file is sent to the OCFO DCCO for claim establishment if initial collection attempts prove unsuccessful.