Ensure that the 382 potentially noncompliant developments are reported in its response tracking system and reviewed for compliance with the Lead Safe Housing Rule.

Implement adequate procedures and controls for monitoring public housing agencies’ compliance with the Lead Safe Housing Rule. Such procedures and controls should include but not limited to establishing timeframes for reporting potentially noncompliant developments in its tracking system and implementing corrective actions and resolution.

Develop a framework for taking administrative actions against public housing agencies that do not comply with HUD’s Lead Safe Rule.

Continue its efforts to identify and train staff on how to use the response tracker.

Continue its efforts to resolve technical issues that prevented the addition of new cases into the response tracker.

Establish policies, procedures, and controls for validating and correcting construction dates of the public housing developments in IMS-PIC. If the information is determined to be inaccurate, HUD should work with public housing agencies to update the data to ensure accuracy.

Develop and implement a HUD-approved cost allocation plan(s) that appropriately represents the benefit received by the Authority from the City’s HHS department and allocates overhead and operating costs to all programs managed by the Authority.

Support the eligibility of the $1,965,990 in overhead allocations through the application of a HUD-approved allocation plan (including offsetting the amount by applicable reimbursements) or repay the Housing Choice Voucher Program from non-Federal funds.

Determine the appropriate amount of general operating costs totaling $2,544,266 that applied to the Housing Choice Voucher Program in accordance with a HUD-approved cost allocation plan (including offsetting the amount by applicable reimbursements) and repay overcharges (estimated at $50,947) to the Program from the other applicable programs as appropriate or from non-Federal funds.

Support the eligibility of the $25,827 in personnel expenses from SPC (including offsetting the amount by applicable reimbursements) or repay its Housing Choice Voucher Program from the other applicable programs as appropriate or from non-Federal funds.

Support the eligibility of the $64,150 for accounting services charged to the Housing Choice Voucher Program that applied to other Authority programs (including offsetting the amount by applicable reimbursements) or repay the Program from the other applicable programs as appropriate or from non-Federal funds.

Support the reasonableness of the $340,701 Casterline contracts or repay the Housing Choice Voucher Program any amount that cannot be supported using non-Federal funds.

Support the reasonableness of the $33,415 Genesis contract or repay any amount that cannot be supported from non-Federal funds.

Establish and implement additional procedures and controls to ensure that City personnel responsible for administering procurement on the Authority’s behalf follow procurement and contracting requirements and maintain applicable supporting documentation in accordance with HUD requirements.

Repay the Housing Choice Voucher Program $5,648 from non-Federal funds for the unallowable expenses.

Develop and implement procedures and controls to ensure that ineligible food costs are not charged to the Program.

Assign independent, contract officers to review and certify the initiating contract buyer’s compliance with policies for initiating and authorizing interagency agreements and later modifications for all amounts in accordance with Acquisition Instruction 13-07, HUD Contracting Officers.

Ensure that contracting officers and OCPO field offices review and follow the records management policies and procedures, including completing and signing Forms 7600A and 7600B, to ensure consistency among contract officers approving interagency agreements in the procurement system of record.

Refer troubled PHAs directly to the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing when they have not met the 1- or 2-year recovery requirements.

Ensure that referrals to the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing recommend only recovery options allowed by the law and regulations.