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Date Issued

Housing

  • 2017-CH-1005-001-I
    Closed on October 12, 2018

    Develop and implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that the project complies with HUD’s requirements and its own policies regarding the management of its waiting list.

Public and Indian Housing

  • 2017-LA-1007-001-A
    Closed on June 13, 2018
    $308,657
    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.

    Recapture the $248,222 in excess program funds from the Authority and allocate in the pool for other tribes to use in meeting program objectives.

  • 2017-LA-1007-001-B
    Closed on September 24, 2019
    $1,746,658
    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 Authority to provide source documentation to determine the accuracy of the tribal enrollment numbers reported in 2015 and 2016. Based on those supported numbers, HUD should recapture or offset the unsupported amounts from the awarded $1,746,658 in program funds that resulted from under or overstated tribal enrollment numbers.

  • 2017-LA-1007-001-C
    Closed on August 01, 2018

    Require the Authority to establish and implement controls and formal written policies and procedures to ensure that accurate tribal enrollment numbers are reported to the Formula Service Center and HUD for future grant years.

  • 2017-LA-1007-002-A
    Closed on May 30, 2018
    $548
    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 the eligibility of the reported $548 in unsupported program costs or repay its program using non-Federal funds.

  • 2017-LA-1007-002-B
    Closed on June 14, 2018

    Implement controls to ensure that all future check request forms are complete for proper tracking in its accounting records and authorized approver verifies source documentation is attached prior to check issuance for future program expenses as required by its own policies and procedures.

General Counsel

  • 2017-AT-1801-001-A
    Closed on October 11, 2018
    $2,930,000
    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.

    Acknowledge that $2.93 million in the attached settlement agreement represents an amount due HUD, less DOJ’s civil debt collection fees. (Footnote 2 - DOJ’s 1994 Appropriation Act (Public Law 103-121) authorized DOJ to retain up to 3 percent of all amounts collected as the result of its civil debt collection litigation activities.)

General Counsel

  • 2017-CF-1804-001-A
    Closed on August 21, 2017
    $41,000,000
    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.

    Acknowledge that $41 million of the $89,274,944 in the attached settlement represents an amount due HUD, less DOJ’s civil debt collection fees.

Community Planning and Development

  • 2017-CF-0801-001-A
    Closed on December 14, 2023

    Clarify whether assistance provided under its community development programs, such as HOPWA, are considered “Federal public benefits” and are, therefore, subject to PRWORA’s noncitizen eligibility restrictions.

  • 2017-CF-0801-001-B
    Closed on December 14, 2023

    Consult with the Office of the Attorney General to establish whether HOPWA and other homeless assistance programs are a Federal public benefit that meets the definition of “providing assistance for the protection of life or safety” and are, therefore, exempt from PRWORA noncitizen eligibility restrictions.

Public and Indian Housing

  • 2017-AT-1011-001-A
    Closed on October 06, 2020

    Provide adequate supporting documentation for the amount of Public Housing Capital Fund loan to verify the loan source. If another source of Federal funds is determined, repay the amount to the appropriate program from non-Federal funds.

  • 2017-AT-1011-001-B
    Closed on May 30, 2023

    Provide support showing the amount of predevelopment fees paid. If it is over the allowable amount, that portion should be repaid to the project-based voucher program from non-Federal funds.

  • 2017-AT-1011-001-C
    Closed on May 17, 2023

    Provide support showing the source and use of funds paid to the Terrace Lane, LP, and Southside Village, LP, after the RAD conversion or repay the project-based voucher program from non-Federal funds.

  • 2017-AT-1011-001-D
    Closed on March 22, 2019

    Develop and implement procedures to ensure that it maintains books and records that provide the source and uses of all Federal funds.

  • 2017-AT-1011-001-E
    Closed on May 17, 2023

    Ensure that the Authority completes all outstanding annual audits.

  • 2017-AT-1011-001-F
    Closed on December 15, 2022
    $5,912
    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.

    Enter into a repayment agreement with Community Management Corporation for the improper housing assistance payments of $5,912 to be repaid to the project-based voucher program or repay the project-based voucher program from non-Federal funds.

  • 2017-AT-1011-001-G
    Closed on March 22, 2019

    Establish, maintain, and follow a waiting list for each project individually.

  • 2017-AT-1011-001-H
    Closed on January 17, 2023
    $2,075,314
    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 adequate supporting documentation for the $2,075,314 paid for housing assistance payments for tenant rents for 2015 and 2016 and the associated administrative fees earned or repay the project-based voucher program from non-Federal funds.

  • 2017-AT-1011-001-I
    Closed on March 27, 2019

    Properly certify all tenants and reimburse any overages paid and associated administrative fees for tenants housed after January 1, 2017, to the project-based voucher program from non-Federal funds.

  • 2017-AT-1011-001-J
    Closed on January 17, 2023
    $669,938
    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 adequate supporting documentation for $669,938 in monthly RAD rehabilitation assistance it received for vacant units during the period of construction or repay the project-based voucher program from non-Federal funds.