Require the Authority and Majestic Management to repay any excessive annual leave that Majestic Management paid to its employees from project funds when its contract terminated in 2017.

Require the Authority to provide training on procurement requirements in public housing to all Majestic Management employees working at the projects.

Require the Authority and Majestic Management to support that the $487,422 spent on goods and services for the projects was a reasonable cost and the goods and services were procured from eligible vendors or repay the projects from non-Federal funds.

Require the Authority to review all other payments to the sampled vendors to confirm that the costs were reasonable and the goods and services were procured from eligible vendors or repay the projects from non-Federal funds.

Require the Authority to monitor Majestic Management to ensure that the recent training was effective and the new checklist is in use and effective.

Require the Authority to recompute the rents for the households noted above and as necessary for errors made by Majestic Management, reimburse tenants for overcharged rent from operating funds or rent credit, and enter into repayment agreements with tenants if they were undercharged based on nondisclosure of income.

Support or reimburse its ESG program participants $705 from non-Federal funds for the inadequately supported pay request.

Develop and implement procedures and controls to monitor the inspection process to ensure that program units meet housing quality standards, thereby ensuring that an estimated $2,668,680 in program funds is spent for units that are decent, safe, and sanitary.

Recalculate the commitment requirement as a result of the City improperly committing HOME funds for activities 5455, 5456, 5058, 5059, 5173, 5174, and 4652 and determine the cumulative effect on the City’s overall commitment requirement. Any overpayments should be recaptured or reduced in the HOME Investment Trust Fund account.

Require the City to establish and implement controls and procedures to ensure compliance with requirements for commitments entered into HUD’s information system. This includes but is not limited to controls and procedures to ensure that valid commitment entries and all HOME contracts and agreements are properly executed.

Update the terms in the purchase agreement to ensure that the agreements define “extenuating circumstance” in reference to foreclosure avoidance, establish how long stabilization outcomes can continue to be reported as planned, and establish financial or other penalties to hold purchasers accountable in instances of nonreporting and noncompliance.

We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs issue guidance reminding grantees of the requirement to properly report the addresses of assisted properties in IDIS and properly calculate and report program income from the disposition of these properties.

We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs develop a process to ensure that grantees properly report the addresses of assisted properties in IDIS and properly calculate and report program income from the disposition of these properties regularly. This process could include but is not limited to developing a process to extract data reported in IDIS on activities with the matrix codes related to real property, and…

We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs instruct the Newark, NJ, field office to require Jersey City to provide documentation to show that a notice was provided to affected citizens as required or take action to advise affected citizens that they disposed of the property.

We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs instruct the Newark, NJ, field office to require Jersey City to provide documentation to support the fair market value of the property at the time of disposition. If documentation cannot be provided, the grantee should be required to reimburse $503,550 to its CDBG line of credit from non-Federal funds. If documentation can be provided, the grantee should be required to…

We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs instruct the Philadelphia, PA, field office to require Luzerne County to provide documentation to support the fair value of the property at the time of disposition. If documentation cannot be provided, the grantee should be required to reimburse $575,263 to its CDBG line of credit from non-Federal funds. If documentation can be provided, the grantee should be required to…

We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs instruct the Philadelphia, PA, field office to require Luzerne County to reclassify program income already reported to the activity ID in IDIS that generated the income, ensuring that the $798,273 in program income is properly accounted for.

We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs instruct the Los Angeles, CA, field office to require the County of Los Angeles to reclassify program income to the activity ID in IDIS that generated the income, ensuring that the $300,330 in program income is properly accounted for.

We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs instruct the Milwaukee, WI, field office to document that no portion of the four State of Wisconsin’s activities reviewed is currently subject to the change of use requirements or remind the State of Wisconsin that the portions of the activities related to the voluntary grant reductions are still subject to the change of use requirements.

We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs issue guidance to HUD staff and grantees to clarify the applicability of change of use requirements in cases where there is both a repayment from non-Federal funds and a voluntary grant reduction.