Yabucoa Housing Project, Yabucoa Volunteers of America Elderly Housing, Inc., Yabucoa, PR, Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program
Return to the Puerto Rico Department of Housing $1,057,467, plus any interest earned, for the duplicate special escrow fund payments it received.
Management Alert: HUD Did Not Provide Acceptable Oversight of the Physical Condition of Residential Care Facilities
Implement procedures to ensure that deficiencies identified during the REAC inspections have been corrected and meet industry standards.
Management Alert: HUD Did Not Provide Acceptable Oversight of the Physical Condition of Residential Care Facilities
Ensure that timely physical condition inspections of all Section 232 program facilities are performed. (This expands on the Office of Evaluation’s third recommendation in report number 2017-OE-0011.)
Management Alert: HUD Did Not Provide Acceptable Oversight of the Physical Condition of Residential Care Facilities
Reimplement the REAC physical condition inspections for the SNFs that were exempted from routine physical inspections by 24 CFR 200.855.
Management Alert: HUD Did Not Provide Acceptable Oversight of the Physical Condition of Residential Care Facilities
Develop and implement an inspection process for the Section 232 program that better reflects those properties’ physical conditions and how those properties differ from other properties REAC inspects (for example, multifamily properties).
Management Alert: HUD Did Not Provide Acceptable Oversight of the Physical Condition of Residential Care Facilities
Ensure that all areas of the properties are inspected, including the roofs and all buildings located on the property that is insured by HUD.
Hudson County, NJ Generally Committed and Disbursed HOME Program Funds in Accordance With HUD and Federal Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Newark, NJ, Office of Community Planning and Development require the County to strengthen its policies and procedures to ensure that environmental reviews and environmental review exemptions are completed and documented before HOME funds are committed.
Hudson County, NJ Generally Committed and Disbursed HOME Program Funds in Accordance With HUD and Federal Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Newark, NJ, Office of Community Planning and Development require the County to strengthen its policies and procedures to ensure that activity address information in IDIS is current as required.
Glen Cove Housing Authority, Glen Cove, NY, Did Not Always Use Property Disposition Proceeds in Accordance With Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New York Office of Public and Indian Housing require the Authority to obtain retroactive approval from HUD for the $815,398 in outstanding unauthorized loans made to its nonprofit entity or reimburse its Public Housing Operating Fund from non-Federal funds for any amount for which it does not obtain approval. If approval is obtained, HUD should also require the Authority to execute a loan agreement with…
Glen Cove Housing Authority, Glen Cove, NY, Did Not Always Use Property Disposition Proceeds in Accordance With Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New York Office of Public and Indian Housing require the Authority to provide documentation to show that $108,061 in property disposition proceeds was used for the activities outlined in its HUD-approved disposition application and modifications or reimburse its Operating Fund from non-Federal funds for any amount not supported.
Glen Cove Housing Authority, Glen Cove, NY, Did Not Always Use Property Disposition Proceeds in Accordance With Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New York Office of Public and Indian Housing require the Authority to obtain retroactive approval from HUD for the $61,545 in property disposition proceeds used for Rental Assistance Demonstration conversion costs or reimburse its Operating Fund from non-Federal funds for any amount for which it does not obtain approval.
Glen Cove Housing Authority, Glen Cove, NY, Did Not Always Use Property Disposition Proceeds in Accordance With Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New York Office of Public and Indian Housing require the Authority to reimburse its Operating Fund from non-Federal funds for $11,173 spent on ineligible activities funded by $369 in property disposition proceeds and $10,804 in tenant participation funds.
Glen Cove Housing Authority, Glen Cove, NY, Did Not Always Use Property Disposition Proceeds in Accordance With Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New York Office of Public and Indian Housing require the Authority to strengthen its controls to ensure that $1,074,979 in remaining property disposition proceeds and any outstanding loans and other funds to be repaid will be put to better use as intended to benefit the Authority’s residents. These controls include controls to ensure that proceeds are used in accordance with the HUD-approved disposition…
Jefferson Parish, Jefferson, LA, Did Not Always Properly Administer Its Rehabilitation Program
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New Orleans Office of Community Planning and Development require the Parish to develop and implement a HUD-approved written plan and procedures and take actions that will correct and prevent the deficiencies noted in the finding, improve program administration effectiveness, strengthen the control environment, ensure compliance with HUD regulations and its own policies and procedures, and ensure that it…
Jefferson Parish, Jefferson, LA, Did Not Always Properly Administer Its Rehabilitation Program
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New Orleans Office of Community Planning and Development require the Parish to
Repay its program from non-Federal funds for $9,849 in payments made to contractors for duplicate payments and overpayments.
Jefferson Parish, Jefferson, LA, Did Not Always Properly Administer Its Rehabilitation Program
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New Orleans Office of Community Planning and Development require the Parish to support or repay its program from non-Federal funds $1,020,121 for payments made (1) for work that the contractor(s) did not perform and excessive material costs; (2) that lacked adequate supporting documentation for change orders, independent cost estimates, and invoice documentation; or (3) for the 10 HOME-funded…
Jefferson Parish, Jefferson, LA, Did Not Always Properly Administer Its Rehabilitation Program
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New Orleans Office of Community Planning and Development require the Parish to establish and implement desk and onsite monitoring policies and procedures to ensure that documentation is maintained to support that (1) adequate supporting documentation for payments is filed, tracked, and maintained; (2) the necessity for all change orders is verified and reasonableness of the costs is assessed; (3) cost…
Jefferson Parish, Jefferson, LA, Did Not Always Properly Administer Its Rehabilitation Program
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New Orleans Office of Community Planning and Development require the Parish to correct the property deficiencies identified during the onsite inspections related to the 20 contracts as applicable.
Jefferson Parish, Jefferson, LA, Did Not Always Properly Administer Its Rehabilitation Program
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New Orleans Office of Community Planning and Development require the Parish to inspect the remaining 33 homes for compliance with the contract specifications and HUD requirements and correct deficiencies as applicable.
Jefferson Parish, Jefferson, LA, Did Not Always Properly Administer Its Rehabilitation Program
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s New Orleans Office of Community Planning and Development require the Parish to establish and implement complaint policies and procedures and ensure that its staff is aware of the procedures to ensure that participant complaints are properly handled in a timely manner.