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Date Issued

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-CH-1001-002-C
    $2,193
    Funds Put to Better Use

    Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.

    Closed on July 09, 2019

    Reimburse the appropriate households $2,193 from program funds for the underpayment of housing assistance due to inappropriate calculations.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-CH-1001-002-D
    $9,870
    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.

    Closed on February 06, 2023

    Reimburse its program $9,870 ($7,663 $2,207) from non-Federal funds for the administrative fees it inappropriately earned for the missing required eligibility documentation and inappropriate calculations of housing assistance.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-CH-1001-002-E
    Closed on July 17, 2019

    Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that the required documentation to support household eligibility is obtained and maintained and housing assistance payments are appropriately calculated.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-CH-1001-002-F
    Closed on July 09, 2019

    Review the utility allowance schedules to ensure that all applicable utilities are provided to the households and that the utility allowances are based on the lower of the voucher size or unit size in accordance with HUD’s requirements.

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0003-002-M
    Closed on September 30, 2020

    Design and implement a policy or procedure that ensures the accuracy of all information provided to HUD OCFO related to the PIH prepayment estimation methodology.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0003-005-I
    $588,694
    Funds Put to Better Use

    Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.

    Closed on February 08, 2021

    Deobligate all obligations marked for deobligation during the departmentwide OOR, including as much as $588,694 in 12 administrative obligations marked for deobligation as of September 30, 2018.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0003-005-J
    $78,069
    Funds Put to Better Use

    Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.

    Closed on September 22, 2020

    Review the three identified retained inactive obligations with remaining balances totaling $78,069 and close out and deobligate amounts tied to obligations that are no longer valid or needed.

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-AT-0801-001-A
    $1,385,791
    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.

    Closed on March 18, 2019

    Ensure that $1,385,791 ($1,229,684 in housing assistance payments and $156,107 in associated administrative fees) used by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Housing Authority is supported through a valid and retroactive exemption from HUD’s third-party requirements. If a retroactive exemption cannot be issued, HUD should follow recovery procedures prescribed in HUD Handbook 2000.06, REV-4.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-AT-0801-001-B
    Closed on April 24, 2020

    Revise the standard MTW agreement for all existing 39 MTW housing agencies to clearly and specifically support which provision(s) waive the third-party inspection requirements.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-AT-0801-001-C
    Closed on April 24, 2020

    Issue clarifying guidance to all existing 39 MTW housing agencies advising that HUD intended to waive the third-party inspection requirements via attachment C to the standard agreement.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-AT-0801-001-D
    Closed on April 24, 2020

    Ensure that reviews of MTW annual plans are thorough by verifying that the MTW plan accurately identifies the appropriate exemptions as authorized in the MTW agreements.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-AT-0801-001-E
    Closed on March 18, 2019

    Verify that the Office of Public Housing Investments’ approvals of all MTW public housing agencies’ MTW plans’ exemptions from HUD’s third-party requirements were valid and appropriate.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-AT-0801-001-F
    $38,411
    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.

    Closed on April 01, 2020

    Require the Authority to reimburse its Public Housing Capital Fund program $38,411 from nonproject funds for the inappropriate use of funds for the Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Program units.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-AT-0801-001-G
    Closed on September 23, 2019

    Ensure that the Louisville, KY, PIH field office sends to the Office of Recapitalization any requests it receives for approving capital funds expenditures after the RAD conversion is complete.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-AT-0801-001-H
    Closed on September 23, 2019

    Require the Authority to ensure that capital funds are used in accordance with the program requirements for any future RAD conversions.

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-NY-1008-001-A
    Closed on September 13, 2019

    We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Newark Office of Public and Indian Housing require the Authority to certify, along with the owners of the 25 units cited in the finding, that the applicable housing quality standards violations have been corrected.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-NY-1008-001-B
    $111,651
    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.

    Closed on November 17, 2023

    We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Newark Office of Public and Indian Housing require the Authority to reimburse its program $111,651 from non-Federal funds ($110,943 for housing assistance payments and $708 in associated inspection service fees) for the 23 units that materially failed to meet HUD’s housing quality standards.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-NY-1008-001-C
    Closed on December 02, 2019

    We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Newark Office of Public and Indian Housing require the Authority to improve controls over its inspection program to ensure compliance with HUD guidelines and that the results of those inspections are used to enhance the effectiveness of its housing quality standards inspections.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-NY-1008-001-D
    $4,459
    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.

    Closed on November 17, 2023

    We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Newark Office of Public and Indian Housing require the Authority to reimburse its program $4,459 from non-Federal funds for housing assistance payments that should have been abated for units that did not meet housing quality standards.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-NY-1008-001-E
    Closed on December 02, 2019

    We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Newark Office of Public and Indian Housing require the Authority to improve controls to ensure that its staff accurately calculates housing assistance payment abatements.