Complete and implement policies and procedures to ensure that APRs are submitted by the closeout deadline.

Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that relevant personnel are routinely and regularly trained on the grant closeout process.

We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing and Voucher Programs update its compliance monitoring guidance to include a requirement for personnel to review PHAs reasonable accommodations policies and procedures.

We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing and Voucher Programs update and consolidate requests for reasonable accommodation policies and procedures to ensure that there is centralized guidance available for the field offices and PHAs.

We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing and Voucher Programs conduct additional outreach efforts to educate tenants and PHAs on their rights and responsibilities related to requests for reasonable accommodation, including technical assistance, webinars, and external communications to inform PHAs about their responsibilities and how to evaluate requests for reasonable accommodation, and help families understand…

We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing and Voucher Programs require that PHAs track requests for reasonable accommodation, including the date of the request, the type of request, and the disposition and date of any action taken that should be made available to HUD at its request.

We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing and Voucher Programs review the joint agreement between HUD PIH and FHEO, including the Section 504 checklist, and modify, update, or recommit to it to ensure that the role of PIH and the responsibility for conducting civil rights front-end reviews is clearly defined.

We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing and Voucher Programs ensure that personnel receive training on how to conduct the civil rights front-end reviews, including a review of PHAs reasonable accommodation policies and procedures.

The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.

The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.

The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.

The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.

The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.

For the remaining retroactive RAD conversion not completed, to take steps including but not limited to training staff responsible for reviewing and approving RAD applications to ensure that it enforces its requirement that the tenant protection assistance is provided to tenants before the submission of the RAD application.

We recommend that the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs enforce written policies and procedures to ensure that the verification and payment of housing assistance payment subsidies for properties it subsidizes are based on accurate and supported information.

We recommend that the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs establish and implement policies to ensure effective contract administration, including providing funding approvals for project-based contract administrators in a timely manner.

We recommend that the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs develop contingency policies and procedures to ensure that the properties it subsidizes receive adequate and verifiable continuous monitoring.

Develop and implement a HUD-approved cost allocation plan(s) that appropriately represents the benefit received by the Authority from the City’s HHS department and allocates overhead and operating costs to all programs managed by the Authority.

Support the eligibility of the $1,965,990 in overhead allocations through the application of a HUD-approved allocation plan (including offsetting the amount by applicable reimbursements) or repay the Housing Choice Voucher Program from non-Federal funds.

Determine the appropriate amount of general operating costs totaling $2,544,266 that applied to the Housing Choice Voucher Program in accordance with a HUD-approved cost allocation plan (including offsetting the amount by applicable reimbursements) and repay overcharges (estimated at $50,947) to the Program from the other applicable programs as appropriate or from non-Federal funds.