The Lexington Housing Authority, Lexington, NC, Did Not Administer Its RAD Conversion in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Establish, maintain, and follow a waiting list for each project individually.
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The Lexington Housing Authority, Lexington, NC, Did Not Administer Its RAD Conversion in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Provide adequate supporting documentation for the $2,075,314 paid for housing assistance payments for tenant rents for 2015 and 2016 and the associated administrative fees earned or repay the project-based voucher program from non-Federal funds.
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The Lexington Housing Authority, Lexington, NC, Did Not Administer Its RAD Conversion in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Properly certify all tenants and reimburse any overages paid and associated administrative fees for tenants housed after January 1, 2017, to the project-based voucher program from non-Federal funds.
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The Lexington Housing Authority, Lexington, NC, Did Not Administer Its RAD Conversion in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Provide adequate supporting documentation for $669,938 in monthly RAD rehabilitation assistance it received for vacant units during the period of construction or repay the project-based voucher program from non-Federal funds.
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The Lexington Housing Authority, Lexington, NC, Did Not Administer Its RAD Conversion in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Develop and implement procedures for following project-based voucher requirements for tenant recertifications as project-based voucher tenants at Terrace Lane and Southside Village, and ensure they comply with the Housing Choice Voucher regulations.
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The Lexington Housing Authority, Lexington, NC, Did Not Administer Its RAD Conversion in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Determine whether the households residing in the Authority’s project-based voucher units, that bypassed others on the wait lists, received housing in accordance with the program’s requirements and if not, consider a referral to HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority, Lexington, KY, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Requirements
Reimburse its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program $124,075 ($108,687 in housing assistance payments and $15,388 in associated administrative fees) from non-Federal funds for the payments related to the Authority-owned units’ inspections not conducted by an independent entity.
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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority, Lexington, KY, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Requirements
Ensure that HUD-approved independent third parties complete unit inspections and determine the rent reasonableness determinations for units it owns or seek an appropriate exemption of program requirements from the HUD Secretary.
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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority, Lexington, KY, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Requirements
Provide adequate training to its staff to ensure compliance with Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program requirements for unit inspections and rent reasonableness determinations.
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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority, Lexington, KY, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Requirements
Reimburse its program $37,508 ($33,085 in housing assistance payments and $4,423 in associated administrative fees) from non-Federal funds for failing to perform unit inspections in a timely manner.
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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority, Lexington, KY, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Requirements
Develop and implement procedures, including but not limited to software upgrades, and staff training to ensure that unit inspections are conducted in a timely manner.
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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority, Lexington, KY, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Requirements
Develop and implement adequate oversight to ensure that unit inspections are conducted in a timely manner.
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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority, Lexington, KY, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Requirements
Reimburse its program $6,084 ($5,553 in housing assistance payments and $531 in associated administrative fees) from non-Federal funds for the units that materially failed to meet HUD’s housing quality standards.
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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority, Lexington, KY, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Requirements
Certify, along with the owners of the 26 units cited in the finding, that the applicable housing quality standards violations have been corrected.
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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority, Lexington, KY, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Requirements
Perform all required quality control housing quality standards inspections in compliance with its HUD-approved MTW plan, thus helping to ensure that its inspectors perform housing quality standards inspections in accordance with HUD’s requirements.
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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority, Lexington, KY, Did Not Fully Comply With HUD's Program Requirements After the Completion of Its Rental Assistance Demonstration Program Conversion
Reimburse its Section 8 Project-Based Voucher program $443,204 ($394,190 in housing assistance payments and $49,014 in associated administrative fees) from nonproject funds for the payments related to the 206 Authority-owned units’ inspections not conducted by a HUD-approved independent entity and Read More
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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority, Lexington, KY, Did Not Fully Comply With HUD's Program Requirements After the Completion of Its Rental Assistance Demonstration Program Conversion
Ensure that HUD-approved independent third parties complete the unit inspections and determine the rent reasonableness for units it owns or seek an appropriate exemption of program requirements from the HUD Secretary.
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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority, Lexington, KY, Did Not Fully Comply With HUD's Program Requirements After the Completion of Its Rental Assistance Demonstration Program Conversion
Ensure that in future RAD conversions, if any, unit inspections are conducted for compliance with HUD’s housing quality standards after rehabilitation and construction is completed and before tenants move in.
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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority, Lexington, KY, Did Not Fully Comply With HUD's Program Requirements After the Completion of Its Rental Assistance Demonstration Program Conversion
Provide adequate training to its staff to ensure compliance with Section 8 Project-Based Voucher program requirements for unit inspections and rent reasonableness determinations.
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Limited Review of HUD Government Purchase Card Transactions for Fiscal Year 2017
Review the two cardholders with incomplete approvals and determine whether the purchases were allowable and proper. If they were not for official government use, OCPO should determine whether the cardholders paid the credit bill for the improper charges, request reimbursement when applicable, and Read More
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