Long Branch Housing Authority, Long Branch, NJ, Did Not Properly Handle Income and Expenses Related to Agreements With Other Housing Agencies
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Newark Office of Public Housing require Long Branch to implement adequate controls to ensure compliance with applicable cost principle requirements for employees, including those covering compensation for personal services, such as wages, salaries, and incentive payments, at 2 CFR 200.430. Records should reasonably reflect the total activity for which Long Branch’s employees are compensated by the non-…
The State of North Carolina Generally Had Capacity and Mostly Followed Disbursement Requirements, but Its Procurement Process Needs Improvement
Provide adequate documentation to support that the $2,588,362 in CDBG-DR funds for three unsupported project and program management services expenditures cited in this report was spent for supported, necessary, and reasonable costs. Any amount for which adequate support cannot be provided should be repaid from non-Federal funds.
The State of North Carolina Generally Had Capacity and Mostly Followed Disbursement Requirements, but Its Procurement Process Needs Improvement
Update its procurement policy to clearly define the process, which includes timing and the procurement types, for conducting an independent cost estimate and a price analysis.
The State of North Carolina Generally Had Capacity and Mostly Followed Disbursement Requirements, but Its Procurement Process Needs Improvement
Provide training to State staff to ensure that it understands and follows (1) requirements to maintain adequate documentation to support that program disbursements are eligible and reasonable and (2) procurement requirements, including independent cost estimates, cost analyses, proposal scoring, and the timely checking of the SAM data for contractors’ eligibility.
Community Planning and Development, Washington, DC, Community Development Block Grant CARES Act Grantees Faced Challenges Using Program Funds
Consider allowing grantees additional time to spend the program funding on eligible activities to meet the 80 percent spending deadline.
Community Planning and Development, Washington, DC, Community Development Block Grant CARES Act Grantees Faced Challenges Using Program Funds
Consider streamlining program requirements to help grantees promptly use program funds to assist those impacted by the pandemic or for activities that prepare for, prevent, or respond to the coronavirus.
Potential Fraud Schemes That Could Affect Tenant- and Project-Based Rental Assistance, HOME, and Operating Fund Programs' CARES and ARP Act Funds
Use the fraud risk inventory to enhance program-specific fraud risk assessments for the TBRA and Operating Fund programs.
Potential Fraud Schemes That Could Affect Tenant- and Project-Based Rental Assistance, HOME, and Operating Fund Programs' CARES and ARP Act Funds
Use the fraud risk inventory to enhance program-specific fraud risk assessments for the PBRA program.
Potential Fraud Schemes That Could Affect Tenant- and Project-Based Rental Assistance, HOME, and Operating Fund Programs' CARES and ARP Act Funds
Use the fraud risk inventory to enhance program-specific fraud risk assessments for the HOME program.
Office of Policy Development and Research, Washington, DC, HUD Met 11 of 13 Responsibilities Stated in the Geospatial Data Act of 2018 for Fiscal Year 2022
Ensure there are resources available for further development of geocoding services that fulfill HUD’s responsibilities stated in 43 U.S.C. § 2808(a)(5) and 43 U.S.C. § 2808(a)(12) through the reactivation of the lapsed Geocode Service Center contract.
Management Alert 2023-IG-001: Action Needed to Ensure That Assisted Property Owners, Including Public Housing Agencies, Comply with the Lead Safe Housing Rule
Update applicable requirements to require assisted property owners, including PHAs, to maintain adequate documentation to support their determinations that maintenance and hazard reduction activities that disturb surfaces with lead-based paint qualify for the de minimis exemption from the lead-safe work practices under the Lead Safe Housing Rule.
Status
The Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes has drafted guidance on the de…
HUD Lacked Adequate Oversight of Lead-Based Paint Hazard Remediation in Public Housing
We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing require the Real Estate Assessment Center in coordination with the Office of Field Operations to develop and implement a plan to manage lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards in public housing.
HUD Lacked Adequate Oversight of Lead-Based Paint Hazard Remediation in Public Housing
Requires the REAC in coordination with OFO to determine the number of developments and associated units that contain lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards.
Status
The Real Estate Assessment Center and Office of Field Operations will collaborate with the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, the Office of Policy Development and Research, and a statistician to evaluate data collected under the NSPIRE inspection program…
HUD Lacked Adequate Oversight of Lead-Based Paint Hazard Remediation in Public Housing
We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing require the Real Estate Assessment Center in coordination with the Office of Field Operations to determine the cost to eliminate or control the lead-based paint and lead based paint hazards in public housing and the timeframe to complete such work based on the existing funding levels and strategies that could accelerate the timeframe.
HUD Lacked Adequate Oversight of Lead-Based Paint Hazard Remediation in Public Housing
We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing require the Real Estate Assessment Center in coordination with the Office of Field Operations to implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that public housing agencies appropriately identify and control lead-based paint and eliminate lead-based paint hazards in public housing.
HUD Lacked Adequate Oversight of Lead-Based Paint Hazard Remediation in Public Housing
We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing require the Real Estate Assessment Center in coordination with the Office of Field Operations to determine whether the public housing agencies identified as having lead-based paint hazards in their housing developments maintain and implement a plan for managing lead-based paint. For any public housing agency that does not have a plan for the management of…
HUD Lacked Adequate Oversight of Lead-Based Paint Hazard Remediation in Public Housing
We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing require the Real Estate Assessment Center in coordination with the Office of Field Operations to assess the lead-based paint hazard reduction activities performed at the 19 developments associated with 18 public housing agencies reviewed that did not implement interim controls and ongoing maintenance and reevaluation activities or adequately document that…
HUD Appropriately Marketed and Sold Section 184 Properties on Restricted Lands; However, Its Systems and Internal Controls Had Weaknesses
Consider conducting an analysis of staffing resources needed to manage the REO and notes sales on tribal trust properties program and adjust staffing accordingly.
HUD Appropriately Marketed and Sold Section 184 Properties on Restricted Lands; However, Its Systems and Internal Controls Had Weaknesses
In conjunction with corrective actions being taken on previous audits, revise ONAP’s internal policy and procedures to include detailed written policies and procedures for the marketing, preservation, and sale of defaulted loan notes and REO properties on tribal trust and other restricted lands.
HUD Appropriately Marketed and Sold Section 184 Properties on Restricted Lands; However, Its Systems and Internal Controls Had Weaknesses
Work with the Office of the Chief Information Officer to develop an electronic solution, such as a new module in Native Advantage or one similar to FHA’s P260 tracking system, to track the sale of defaulted loan notes and REO properties on tribal trust and other restricted lands. While the solution is being developed, HUD should put controls into place to ensure that manual systems used to track defaulted loans and REO properties are complete…