The Housing Authority of the County of Lake, Grayslake, IL, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Requirements Regarding the Administration of Its Housing Choice Voucher Program
Reimburse its Housing Choice Voucher Program $12,460 from non-Federal funds for the ineligible disbursements.
The Housing Authority of the County of Lake, Grayslake, IL, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Requirements Regarding the Administration of Its Housing Choice Voucher Program
Transfer $3,801 from its Housing Choice Voucher Program account to its Family Self-Sufficiency account for the underfunded escrows.
The Housing Authority of the County of Lake, Grayslake, IL, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Requirements Regarding the Administration of Its Housing Choice Voucher Program
Reimburse one participant, $547 from its Family Self-Sufficiency program for the underpaid graduation payment.
The Housing Authority of the County of Lake, Grayslake, IL, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Requirements Regarding the Administration of Its Housing Choice Voucher Program
Implement procedures and controls to ensure that documentation required by HUD and the Authority’s own action plan is correctly completed, documented, and updated.
The Housing Authority of the County of Lake, Grayslake, IL, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Requirements Regarding the Administration of Its Housing Choice Voucher Program
Ensure that its staff is appropriately trained and familiar with HUD’s requirements and its program action plan regarding the administration of its program to ensure that (1) participants’ individual training and services plans are complete and contain appropriate goals to assist the family in achieving self-sufficiency, (2) participants are notified of their escrow account balances at least annually, and (3) contracts of participation are…
The Housing Authority of the County of Lake, Grayslake, IL, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Requirements Regarding the Administration of Its Housing Choice Voucher Program
Ensure that its newly created policies and procedures include a process for ensuring that (1) escrow balances are correctly calculated and disbursed, (2) escrow accounts and disbursements are fully supported, and (3) forfeited escrow account funds are returned to the Housing Choice Voucher Program as required.
The Housing Authority of the County of Lake, Grayslake, IL, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Requirements Regarding the Administration of Its Housing Choice Voucher Program
Determine the amount of the $445,122 in coordinator grant funds that were appropriately earned by the Authority for meeting requirements and paid to the coordinators while performing duties of the Family Self-Sufficiency program. The funds that are determined to be unearned should be reimbursed to HUD from non-Federal funds.
The Housing Authority of the County of Lake, Grayslake, IL, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Requirements Regarding the Administration of Its Housing Choice Voucher Program
Reimburse its program $20,450 from non-Federal funds ($10,331 $10,119 in associated administrative fees) for the overpayment of housing assistance due to inappropriate calculations of housing assistance.
The Housing Authority of the County of Lake, Grayslake, IL, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Requirements Regarding the Administration of Its Housing Choice Voucher Program
Reimburse the appropriate households $3,590 from program funds for the underpayment of housing assistance due to inappropriate calculations.
The Housing Authority of the County of Lake, Grayslake, IL, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Requirements Regarding the Administration of Its Housing Choice Voucher Program
Support or reimburse its program $18,638 from non-Federal funds for the unsupported payments of housing assistance cited in this finding.
The Housing Authority of the County of Lake, Grayslake, IL, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Requirements Regarding the Administration of Its Housing Choice Voucher Program
Enter into repayment agreements to pursue collection from the applicable households or reimburse its program $6,367 from non-Federal funds for the overpayment of housing assistance due to unreported or underreported income
Audit of the Federal Housing Administration's Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2017 (Restated)
Document the rationale and policy for the crosswalks used to prepare the financial statement note line items.
Audit of the Federal Housing Administration's Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2017 (Restated)
Document and implement policies and procedures, which include a review process to ensure that the general ledger accounts are correctly crosswalked to financial statement note line items.
Audit of the Federal Housing Administration's Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2017 (Restated)
Restate the fiscal year 2017 financial statement notes to correct inaccurate classifications, expenses, and market value balances reported by FHA.
Audit of the Federal Housing Administration's Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2017 (Restated)
In conjunction with the loan-servicing contractor, determine what actions can be taken to ensure that recorded assignments are reviewed in a timely manner after receipt.
Audit of the Federal Housing Administration's Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2017 (Restated)
Develop and implement a billing and sanctioning process to ensure that FHA bills servicers for the costs incurred to obtain recorded assignments from the counties’ recorder’s offices and sanctions the servicers when they do not provide the recorded assignments within 6 months of claim payment.
Audit of the Federal Housing Administration's Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2017 (Restated)
Improve the tracking of recording assignments by modifying the HERMIT assignment timeline to include date fields for servicers’ (1) receipt of recorded assignments from counties and (2) mailing of recorded assignments to the loan-servicing contractor.
Audit of the Federal Housing Administration's Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2017 (Restated)
Establish a timeframe and process to notify the Office of Single Family Housing that funds or documents were not received so noncompliant lenders can be referred to the MRB within 14 business days for temporary suspension or termination and notify FHA of any noncompliant lenders accordingly.
Additional Details To Supplement Our Fiscal Years 2018 and 2017 (Restated) U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Financial Statement Audit
Develop and implement a procedure to ensure that all differences identified during financial statement and note validations are corrected before certification.
Additional Details To Supplement Our Fiscal Years 2018 and 2017 (Restated) U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Financial Statement Audit
Develop and implement a process that ensures the routine collection of information needed to accurately complete the narratives required according to GAAP and OMB Circular A-136.