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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Limited Review of HUD Multifamily Waiting List Administration
Strengthen current written policies on occupancy requirements for subsidized multifamily housing programs to ensure that prospective tenants do not improperly bypass waiting lists.
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The Little Rock Housing Authority, Little Rock, AR, Did Not Fully Meet Rental Assistance Demonstration Program Requirements
We recommend that the Little Rock Acting PIH Director require the Authority to develop and implement an achievable plan to close the remaining projects and complete its RAD program conversions.
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The Little Rock Housing Authority, Little Rock, AR, Did Not Fully Meet Rental Assistance Demonstration Program Requirements
We recommend that the Little Rock Acting PIH Director require the Authority to support or repay $1,925,814 in predevelopment costs to its program from nonfederal funds.
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The Little Rock Housing Authority, Little Rock, AR, Did Not Fully Meet Rental Assistance Demonstration Program Requirements
We recommend that the Little Rock Acting PIH Director require the Authority to design and implement financial controls to ensure that $829,544 in remaining predevelopment costs is properly accounted for and supported.
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The Little Rock Housing Authority, Little Rock, AR, Did Not Fully Meet Rental Assistance Demonstration Program Requirements
We recommend that the Little Rock Acting PIH Director require the Authority to develop and implement procedures to identify, report, and resolve conflict-of-interest and ethics concerns.
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The Little Rock Housing Authority, Little Rock, AR, Did Not Fully Meet Rental Assistance Demonstration Program Requirements
We recommend that the Little Rock Acting PIH Director require the Authority to design and implement adequate control systems to ensure that the executive management team provides oversight of its RAD program.
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loanDepot's FHA-Insured Loans With Downpayment Assistance Funds Did Not Always Meet HUD Requirements
Reimburse FHA borrowers $25,700 for fees that were not customary or reasonable and $46,510 in discount fees that did not represent their intended purpose.
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loanDepot's FHA-Insured Loans With Golden State Finance Authority Downpayment Assistance Gifts Did Not Always Meet HUD Requirements.
Reimburse $13,726 to FHA borrowers for the fees that were not customary or reasonable.
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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 make a determination regarding outstanding agreement income, including whether those unspent funds should be returned to the public housing agencies, thereby putting up to $697,912 to better use, including $478,165 related to Read More
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