Pay the project $620,937 in uncollected rent from non-project funds.
2017-LA-1004 | June 12, 2017
Cypress Meadows Assisted Living, Antioch, CA, Was Not Administered in Accordance With Its Regulatory Agreement and HUD Requirements
Housing
  
  - Status2017-LA-1004-001-LOpenClosed$620,937Questioned 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.
Closed on February 01, 2018 - Status2017-LA-1004-001-MOpenClosed$162,462Questioned 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.
Closed on February 01, 2018Pay the project from non-project funds $162,462 in lease agreement charges not deposited into Cypress Meadows’ bank account.
 - Status2017-LA-1004-001-NOpenClosedClosed on February 01, 2018
Remove Skyline Crest Enterprises, LLC, as the operator and replace it with a HUD-approved independent operator.
 - Status2017-LA-1004-001-OOpenClosedClosed on February 01, 2018
Develop and implement written policies and procedures for the management of the project, including but not limited to financial policies for cash disbursements, cash receipts, and documentation requirements.
 
2017-KC-0005 | June 11, 2017
Owners of Cooperative Housing Properties Generally Charged More for Their Section 8 Units Than for Their Non-Section 8 Units
Housing
  
  - Status2017-KC-0005-001-AOpenClosed$3,144,894Funds 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.
Closed on June 22, 2023Create and implement policies and procedures or change program regulations to prevent multifamily housing properties from charging more for Section 8 units than for comparable non-Section 8 units. For the 25 properties reviewed, this measure would prevent as much as $3,144,894 of Section 8 funds from subsidizing non-Section 8 units in the next year.
 
2017-KC-0003 | May 21, 2017
HUD Did Not Ensure That Lenders Properly Processed Voluntary Terminations of Insurance Coverage on FHA Loans and Disclosed All Implications of the Terminations to the Borrowers
Housing
  
  - Status2017-KC-0003-001-AOpenClosed$3,035,819Questioned 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.
Closed on September 24, 2018Investigate the 14 loans with unpaid mortgage amounts totaling $3,035,819, and require the lenders to obtain the borrowers consent, reinstate the insurance coverage, or take other action as appropriate given the facts of each particular loan.
 - Status2017-KC-0003-001-BOpenClosedClosed on August 10, 2021
Remind lenders that voluntary termination is not the correct termination type to record third-party sales and that borrower consent is required to terminate insurance, even if the loans are indemnified.
 - Status2017-KC-0003-001-COpenClosedClosed on December 05, 2019
Improve its procedures for detecting and sanctioning improper voluntary terminations.
 - Status2017-KC-0003-002-AOpenClosed$285,215Funds 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.
Closed on September 30, 2021Update Handbook 4000.1 to require the voluntary termination of insurance consent form to include an explanation that voluntary termination differs from mortgage insurance premium cancellation and the disclosure of any outstanding partial claims to put $285,215 to better use.
 
2017-PH-1003 | May 21, 2017
The Yorkville Cooperative, Fairfax, VA, Did Not Administer Its HUD-Insured Property and Housing Assistance Contract According to Applicable Requirements
Housing
  
  - Status2017-PH-1003-001-AOpenClosed$970,381Questioned 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.
Closed on August 05, 2025Provide documentation to show that prices paid for purchases of products and services totaling $970,381 were fair and reasonable or reimburse the project from nonproject funds for any amounts that were not fair and reasonable.
 - Status2017-PH-1003-001-BOpenClosed$716,693Questioned 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.
Closed on October 26, 2022Provide documentation to show that payments for work totaling $716,693 complied with applicable building codes or reimburse the project from nonproject funds for payments that did not comply with the codes and take action to bring the work up to code.
 - Status2017-PH-1003-001-COpenClosed$163,885Questioned 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.
Closed on September 08, 2022Provide documentation to support payments totaling $163,885 or reimburse the project from nonproject funds for payments that it cannot support.
 - Status2017-PH-1003-001-DOpenClosedClosed on September 24, 2019
Develop and implement written procedures to ensure that it obtains written cost estimates as required and maintains complete documentation to support expenditures and that contractors performing or managing construction, removal, repair, or improvement work are properly licensed as required.
 - Status2017-PH-1003-002-AOpenClosed$296,787Questioned 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.
Closed on September 24, 2019Reimburse the project $296,787 from nonproject funds for the ineligible legal expenses.
 - Status2017-PH-1003-002-BOpenClosed$3,892Questioned 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.
Closed on September 24, 2019Reimburse HUD $3,892 from nonproject funds for the overpayment of housing assistance.
 - Status2017-PH-1003-002-COpenClosedClosed on May 20, 2021
Correct the errors in the tenant files identified during the audit.
 
2017-FO-0006 | May 10, 2017
Fiscal Year 2016 Audit of HUD’s Compliance with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act
Chief Financial Officer
  
  - Status2017-FO-0006-001-AOpenClosedClosed on March 01, 2018
Ensure that all payments to Federal employees are included in HUD’s periodic risk assessment cycle.
 - Status2017-FO-0006-001-BOpenClosedClosed on June 17, 2019
Establish and implement procedures and controls, in coordination with FHA, to ensure that FHA information reported in the AFR is accurate and consistent with supporting documents.
 - Status2017-FO-0006-004-AOpenClosedClosed on April 05, 2019
Develop and implement steps to ensure that the description of corrective actions highlights current efforts and key milestones for ongoing efforts and explain in the AFR how it specifically tailored its corrective actions to better reflect the unique processes, procedures, and risks involved with RHAP as required by OMB.
 - Status2017-FO-0006-004-BOpenClosedClosed on April 05, 2019
Develop and implement steps to ensure that adequate disclosures are made when future-year reduction targets for improper payments reported in the AFR are higher than the current-year improper payment estimates.