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Date Issued

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-CH-0006-002-B
    $35,189
    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 March 16, 2021

    Distribute $35,189 to the applicable public housing agencies for the underpayment of special administrative fees for portability cited in this finding.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-CH-0006-002-C
    Closed on October 01, 2020

    Review the calculations and distributions of funds for the 2019 category 2b portability set-aside and special administrative fees for portability to ensure that the spreadsheet errors did not carry forward from the previous calculations.

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-LA-1005-001-A
    $607,598
    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 December 01, 2022

    Request indemnification for the 7 of the 11 loans that had material underwriting deficiencies (appendix D). The unpaid balance for these loans is $1.3 million and the estimated potential loss to HUD is $607,598.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-LA-1005-001-B
    Closed on December 05, 2022

    Require the lender to develop and implement enhanced policies and procedures to ensure electronic signatures from borrowers are properly supported.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-LA-1005-001-C
    Closed on February 02, 2024

    Require the lender to fully implement its quality control plan with respect to reverifications and provide HUD with periodic reports for 12 months to ensure that it conducts its quality control reviews in accordance with the requirements.

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-AT-1003-001-A
    $256,824
    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 October 15, 2020

    Put $256,824 to better use by cancelling the project-based voucher housing assistance payments contract resulting from the RAD conversion. The Authority should work with HUD and the owner to protect the tenancy of the affected tenants at the time of contract cancellation.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-AT-1003-001-B
    $138,925
    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 July 26, 2021

    Reimburse its Section 8 program $138,925 in associated administrative fees from non-Federal funds for the improper issuance of tenant protection assistance and an improper conversion to the project-based voucher program.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-AT-1003-001-C
    Closed on November 02, 2020

    Develop and implement procedures to ensure that forms HUD-50059 and or tenant profiles is received from HUD before providing tenant protection assistance resulting from a completed housing conversion action.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-AT-1003-001-D
    Closed on November 02, 2020

    Provide adequate training to staff associated with administering tenant protection and project-based vouchers to help address its lack of familiarity with requirements and ensure compliance with program requirements.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-AT-1003-001-E
    Closed on November 12, 2020

    Develop and implement procedures for executing Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Program housing assistance payments contracts related to RAD conversions.

Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-CH-0005-001-A
    Priority
    Priority

    We believe these open recommendations, if implemented, will have the greatest impact on helping HUD achieve its mission to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all.

    Develop and implement an action plan that includes sufficient policies, procedures, and controls that address households living in multifamily housing units having a sufficient supply of safe drinking water […]


    Status

    In April 2022, HUD created draft standard operating procedures to address lead in the water of its multifamily housing units. On May 11, 2023, HUD published its National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) regulations that addressed lead in the water. Further, on June 30, 2023, HUD published its Implementation of National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate Administrative Procedures, which requires property owners and agents to provide information about water supply providers and water safety alerts, if applicable, prior to the commencement of a Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) inspection. As a result, the Office of Multifamily Housing is revising its procedures and consulting with the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes (OLHCHH). As of July 2025, the Office of Multifamily has developed standard operating procedures for its field office staff and plans to issue additional guidance to HUD staff and multifamily property owners on addressing lead in the water for multifamily properties. Although the final action target date has passed, the guidance is undergoing HUD's internal review clearance process. However, HUD did not provide an estimated date for issuance of guidance to close the recommendation.


    Analysis

    To fully address this recommendation, the Office of Multifamily Housing must provide evidence of an action plan or policy that includes procedures to ensure households living in multifamily units have a sufficient supply of safe drinking water.

    Implementation of this recommendation will enable HUD to have sufficient oversight and control activities in place to ensure households living in multifamily housing have a sufficient supply of safe drinking water.

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-CH-0004-001-A
    Closed on July 01, 2022

    Develop and implement an action plan that includes sufficient policies, procedures, and controls that address households living in assisted units having a sufficient supply of safe drinking water. Such policies, procedures, and controls should include but not be limited to (1) developing and implementing internal procedures to be notified, and share with public housing agencies, when the public water systems’ water exceeds the Environmental Protection Agency’s lead action level and (2) revising HUD’s applicable regulations, providing guidance to public housing agencies and Housing Choice Voucher Program landlords, and taking appropriate actions so that households living in assisted units have a sufficient supply of safe drinking water.

Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-BO-0001-001-A
    Closed on February 01, 2021

    Evaluate the risk that employee benefit contributions expensed at PHAs may be unreasonable and, if determined necessary, establish and implement controls to reduce or eliminate the evaluated risk.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2020-BO-0001-001-B
    Closed on April 13, 2021

    Develop and implement additional guidance to ensure that PHAs enter accurate employee benefit data into FASS-PH.

Office of Administration

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-OE-0002a-01
    Closed on August 27, 2021

    Designate a Senior Agency Official for Records Management at the Assistant Secretary level or its equivalent.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-OE-0002a-02
    Closed on August 27, 2021

    Update and issue agency formal records policy, including detailed procedures and requirements for completing and maintaining program office and agencywide inventories of systems, records, and PII.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-OE-0002a-03

    Update and obtain final NARA approval of all HUD records retention schedules, including the Capstone email schedule, to comply with Federal requirements, including OMB M-19-21.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-OE-0002a-04

    Develop and approve an enterprise strategy to meet all M-19-21 electronic transition requirements.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-OE-0002a-05

    Issue a formal policy and requirements for managing CUI.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-OE-0002a-06
    Closed on August 27, 2021

    Establish and disseminate a policy on safeguarding or prohibiting the transportation of PII records out of the office for telework purposes.