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Date Issued

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-LA-1002-002-A
    $340,701
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Support the reasonableness of the $340,701 Casterline contracts or repay the Housing Choice Voucher Program any amount that cannot be supported using non-Federal funds.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-LA-1002-002-B
    $33,415
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Support the reasonableness of the $33,415 Genesis contract or repay any amount that cannot be supported from non-Federal funds.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-LA-1002-002-C

    Establish and implement additional procedures and controls to ensure that City personnel responsible for administering procurement on the Authority’s behalf follow procurement and contracting requirements and maintain applicable supporting documentation in accordance with HUD requirements.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-LA-1002-003-A
    $5,648
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Repay the Housing Choice Voucher Program $5,648 from non-Federal funds for the unallowable expenses.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-LA-1002-003-B

    Develop and implement procedures and controls to ensure that ineligible food costs are not charged to the Program.

Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-FW-0001-001-A

    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.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-FW-0001-001-B

    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.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-FW-0001-001-C

    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.

Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-AT-0802-001-A

    Update and implement the internal procedures for processing housing conversion actions to require documentation, including but not limited to expired contracts or financial documentation from HUD’s Line of Credit Control System, to show when the last payment was made for the contract to support the proposed housing conversion actions before allotment of tenant protection funds.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-AT-0802-001-B

    Update and implement internal procedures to require verification that tenant protection funds were not previously allotted for the same type of housing conversion action.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-AT-0802-001-C

    For the remaining retroactive RAD conversion not completed, to take steps, including but not limited to maintaining adequate approval documentation to ensure that it enforces its requirement that the tenant protection assistance is provided to tenants before the submission of the RAD application.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-AT-0802-001-D

    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.

Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-FO-0003-004-C

    Develop and implement policy and procedures for the incremental obligation process used for project-based Section 8 funds, including documentation for determining the incremental amounts and controls to review the amounts for accuracy.

Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-AT-0801-001-A

    Update HUD’s loss mitigation policies, to include deadlines for the servicers to file the FHA-HAMP nonincentivized partial claims, and consider imposing sanctions for noncompliance with these deadline requirements.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-AT-0801-001-B

    Update HUD’s loss mitigation policies, to include deadlines for the servicers to report the new terms of the FHA-HAMP nonincentivized loan modifications, and consider imposing sanctions for noncompliance with these deadline requirements.

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-OE-0001-01

    Refer troubled PHAs directly to the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing when they have not met the 1- or 2-year recovery requirements.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-OE-0001-02

    Ensure that referrals to the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing recommend only recovery options allowed by the law and regulations.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-OE-0001-03

    Update training to include the actions that PIH must take when a troubled PHA does not meet the 1- or 2-year recovery requirements.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-OE-0001-04

    Provide training on remedies for long-term troubled PHAs to All PIH staff members who routinely interact with troubled PHAs.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-OE-0001-05

    Submit an annual troubled PHAs report to congress in accordance with the statute.