Establish and implement internal control policies and procedures for consolidating and reconciling data from HUD, Ginnie Mae, and FHA source systems are documented and include a governance structure, including roles, responsibilities, and personnel completing DATA Act reporting procedures.

Designate an unclaimed asset recovery official as required by the Treasury Financial Manual.

Work with Treasury to identify and obtain reimbursement for FHA’s and Ginnie Mae’s portion of the $1.9 million in HUD funds that Treasury collected.

Establish and implement policies and procedures to ensure that all of its unclaimed funds are claimed and the money is appropriately routed to put $2.2 million to better use. At a minimum, these policies and procedures should address what constitutes FHA and Ginnie Mae funds, ensure that these Read More

Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that all required data are complete, accurate, and reported in a timely manner. These procedures and controls should include but not be limited to ensuring that all transactions are recorded and reported within the proper period and listing the Read More

Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that all data elements are traceable to the source documentation.

Revise internal DATA Act policy and procedure documents to resolve inconsistencies to ensure full, appropriate, and consistent implementation of the DATA Act.

Provide support showing that it took proper remedial action regarding five NSP3 grantees that missed the expenditure deadline, thereby putting $3,379,269 to better use.

Work with 134 grantees (29 NSP1 and 105 NSP3) that reported missing expenditure deadlines in DRGR to ensure that expenditure information submitted is accurate and up to date.

We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development develop and implement a quality review process at the headquarters level to ensure consistent compliance with its policy for risk analysis, to include but not be limited to reviewing supporting Read More

We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, develop and implement a policy requiring field offices to rate grantees of at least medium risk that have not been monitored in their respective program area within the last 3 years on factors that Read More

We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, develop and implement guidance for field offices to maintain supporting documentation in their official files with an adequate explanation of procedures performed to verify risk scores assigned, which Read More

We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, develop and implement a quality control review process at the headquarters level to ensure compliance with monitoring requirements for reports and exhibits, to include but not be limited to explaining Read More

We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, require field offices to upload referenced supporting documentation into CPD’s system for findings and concerns developed during the monitoring review.

We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, update exhibits to require staff to document procedures performed, provide sufficient explanation to verify procedures performed and conclusions drawn, and reference appropriate supporting Read More

Develop and implement controls and procedures to ensure that HUD’s underwriters properly evaluate the creditworthiness of management agents when underwriting future loans.

Comply with its Management Agent Handbook requirements that stipulate HUD must perform management reviews of the management agent’s central office activities as well as regular onsite reviews of functions carried out at the projects. These central office reviews should be performed at least once Read More

Develop a comprehensive process to ensure that complaints received by HUD’s Multifamily Housing Clearinghouse are resolved in a timely manner. Status October 2023, the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs reported that HUD was transitioning the Multifamily Clearinghouse responsibilities Read More

Develop agencywide policies and procedures for the intake, monitoring, and tracking of health and safety complaints. Status October 2023, the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs reported that HUD was transitioning the Multifamily Clearinghouse responsibilities to the Federal Housing Read More

Develop an automated real-time system for HUD and PBCA staff to use to receive, track, and resolve health and safety issues.