The City of Mesa, AZ, Did Not Administer Its Community Development Block Grant in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Improve and implement its desk and onsite monitoring policies and procedures to strengthen its capacity to perform effective desk and onsite monitoring reviews of subrecipients and for using a risk assessment to schedule monitoring visits.
The City of Mesa, AZ, Did Not Administer Its Community Development Block Grant in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Develop and implement policies and procedures for reviewing expenses charged to CDBG from other City departments.
The City of Mesa, AZ, Did Not Administer Its Community Development Block Grant in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Develop and implement a recurring training plan for City CDBG staff to ensure knowledge of HUD regulations and requirements.
The City of Mesa, AZ, Did Not Administer Its Community Development Block Grant in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Document and submit all activities to HUD for written approval to ensure that they are eligible activities that meet the CDBG national objective requirements before funding until recommendations 1B, 1J, and 1M to 1P are adequately implemented. This should include documenting all correspondence with HUD, including review and approval.
The City of Mesa, AZ, Did Not Administer Its Community Development Block Grant in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Document and submit all payments to HUD for written approval before reimbursement until recommendations 1B, 1J, and 1M to 1P are adequately implemented. This should include documenting all correspondence with HUD, including review and approval.
The Philadelphia Housing Authority, Philadelphia, PA, Did Not Comply With Procurement and Conflict-of-Interest Requirements
Provide documentation to show that the proposal of the vendor that it selected and paid $860,132 was the most advantageous or reimburse its program from non-Federal funds for any amounts that it cannot support.
The Philadelphia Housing Authority, Philadelphia, PA, Did Not Comply With Procurement and Conflict-of-Interest Requirements
Develop and implement controls to monitor its agent to ensure that it procures products and services in accordance with applicable Federal procurement requirements.
The Philadelphia Housing Authority, Philadelphia, PA, Did Not Comply With Procurement and Conflict-of-Interest Requirements
Reimburse its program $156,675 from non-Federal funds for the ineligible payments it made due to the conflict-of-interest situation identified by the audit.
The Philadelphia Housing Authority, Philadelphia, PA, Did Not Comply With Procurement and Conflict-of-Interest Requirements
Develop and implement controls to ensure that it obtains waivers from HUD before entering into agreements that create conflict-of-interest situations.
The Philadelphia Housing Authority, Philadelphia, PA, Did Not Comply With Procurement and Conflict-of-Interest Requirements
Provide training and technical assistance to the Authority to ensure that it understands the proper use of intergovernmental agreements in accordance with HUD requirements.
Englewood Apartments, Kansas City, MO Did Not Comply With Tenant Eligibility and Recertification Requirements
Require the Englewood Apartments’ owner to repay HUD from non-project funds the projected $377,108 in housing assistance payments for tenants who were not eligible for assistance.
Englewood Apartments, Kansas City, MO Did Not Comply With Tenant Eligibility and Recertification Requirements
Require Englewood Apartments to support that $24,295 in unsupported housing assistance payments was eligible and accurate. Englewood Apartments’ owner should repay any subsidy overpayments to HUD from non-project sources. Further, the owner should reimburse tenants for overcharged rents or enter into a repayment agreement with tenants who were undercharged due to nondisclosure of income.
Englewood Apartments, Kansas City, MO Did Not Comply With Tenant Eligibility and Recertification Requirements
Require the Englewood Apartments’ owner to implement appropriate controls, including a formalized process, to use when conducting initial certifications and interim and annual recertifications to ensure that tenants are eligible, housing assistance payments are accurate, and tenant files contain all required documentation to comply with HUD’s and its own requirements. In addition, the updated controls should ensure a layer of management…
Englewood Apartments, Kansas City, MO Did Not Comply With Tenant Eligibility and Recertification Requirements
Ensure that the owner, management agent, and staff complete training to ensure that they understand their duties, including HUD’s and local tenant eligibility and certification requirements.
Englewood Apartments, Kansas City, MO Did Not Comply With Tenant Eligibility and Recertification Requirements
Monitor Englewood Apartments to ensure that its staff properly maintains tenant files and completes required certifications in accordance with HUD’s and its own requirements.
Englewood Apartments, Kansas City, MO Did Not Comply With Tenant Eligibility and Recertification Requirements
Ensure that Englewood Apartments’ owner and its identity-of-interest management agent provide necessary oversight to its onsite staff.
Englewood Apartments, Kansas City, MO Did Not Comply With Tenant Eligibility and Recertification Requirements
Take appropriate administrative action, up to and including debarment, against the owner for the violations cited in this report including, amongst others, failure to perform the required inspections to ensure that the units the owner were billing for assistance were decent, safe, and sanitary.
Englewood Apartments, Kansas City, MO Did Not Comply With Tenant Eligibility and Recertification Requirements
Require Englewood Apartments’ owner to further develop a formalized process to use when running and reviewing EIV reports.
Englewood Apartments, Kansas City, MO Did Not Comply With Tenant Eligibility and Recertification Requirements
Require Englewood Apartments’ owner to ensure that the management agent and staff complete EIV training to ensure that staff members understand their duties and both HUD’s and Englewood Apartments’ own requirements.
Englewood Apartments, Kansas City, MO Did Not Comply With Tenant Eligibility and Recertification Requirements
Monitor Englewood Apartments to ensure that it properly runs and reviews the EIV reports.