The Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration Has Not Adequately Managed Lead-Based Paint in Its Public Housing
Implement an ongoing maintenance program for lead-based paint to ensure unabated and “lead-safe” units remain hazard free.
The Boston Housing Authority, Boston, MA, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Requirements for Its Public Housing Program Units
Implement adequate controls to ensure that the Authority’s information system properly tracks the completion of work orders.
CDBG-DR Program Generally Met Low- and Moderate-Income Requirements
We recommend that the Director of CPD’s Office of Disaster Recovery adopt LMI benchmarking to ensure that grantees budget adequate funds to LMI at significant milestones in the grant lifecycle.
Transmittal of Independent Public Accountant’s Audit Report on the Federal Housing Administration’s Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Statements
Implement comprehensive controls to (a) identify all Single Family partial claims related to terminated first mortgages, (b) update the system record of partial claims that will become due and payable when the refinanced mortgages are terminated, and (c) remove partial claims related to terminated mortgages from SMART.
Transmittal of Independent Public Accountant’s Audit Report on the Federal Housing Administration’s Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Statements
Develop a process to (1) monitor receipt of original first notes and mortgages and recorded assignments, (2) follow up with mortgagees who fail to submit documents by the required deadline, and (3) initiate repurchase requests for HECM mortgagees who fail to meet assignment requirements.
Transmittal of Independent Public Accountant’s Audit Report on the Federal Housing Administration’s Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Statements
Implement a process and procedure to ensure a complete and accurate Missing Documents Report is submitted to the General Ledger Division for recording a monthly reclassification entry between HECM loans receivable and accounts receivable.
Transmittal of Independent Public Accountant’s Audit Report on the Federal Housing Administration’s Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Statements
Implement procedures to (a) ensure all HECM loan terminations are accurately reported, (b) prevent HECM terminated loans from being included in the loans receivable balance, and (c) prevent inspections and tax payments on HECM terminated loans.
The Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration Has Not Adequately Managed Lead-Based Paint in Its Public Housing
Conduct risk assessments in public housing without adequate lead-based paint inspection documentation to ascertain the existence of lead-based paint hazards.
Transmittal of Independent Public Accountant’s Audit Report on the Federal Housing Administration’s Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Statements
Implement an enhanced review process to ensure the receipt of partial claim documents is accurately marked in SMART so that the Missing Documents Report will be accurate.
The State of New York Did Not Ensure That Properties Purchased Under the Acquisition Component of Its Program Were Eligible
We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs require the State to provide documentation to show that the remaining nine properties were substantially damaged or reimburse from non-Federal funds the $4,158,836 paid to purchase the properties. Further, the State should identify and reimburse from non-Federal funds any additional Disaster Recovery funds used to acquire and dispose of the nine properties.
The State of New York Did Not Ensure That Properties Purchased Under the Acquisition Component of Its Program Were Eligible
We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs require the State to reimburse from non-Federal funds the $2,595,127 paid to purchase six properties that were not substantially damaged. Further, the State should identify and reimburse from non-Federal funds any additional Disaster Recovery funds used to acquire and dispose of the properties.
The Boston Housing Authority, Boston, MA, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Requirements for Its Public Housing Program Units
Support that it has implemented its quality control policy for (1) monitoring the effectiveness of its unit and building inspections to ensure compliance with HUD’s and its own requirements and (2) reviewing work orders to ensure that cited deficiencies are corrected in accordance with HUD’s and its own requirements.
Opportunities Exist To Improve CPD's Oversight of and Monitoring Tools for Slow-Spending Grantees
Establish a reasonable timeframe for grantees to resolve DRGR flags or at a minimum, if a flag cannot be resolved within the established timeframe, have the grantee provide a remediating comment explaining why the flag could not be resolved and a proposed timeline for resolution.
The Boston Housing Authority, Boston, MA, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Requirements for Its Public Housing Program Units
Provide evidence to support that the Authority corrected the four non-life-threatening deficiencies for the three units with outstanding deficiencies.
The Boston Housing Authority, Boston, MA, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Requirements for Its Public Housing Program Units
Implement adequate controls to ensure that the correction of life-threatening deficiencies is reported to HUD accurately and in a timely manner.
The Boston Housing Authority, Boston, MA, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Requirements for Its Public Housing Program Units
Provide evidence to support that the Authority corrected the 3 non-life-threatening health and safety, and 19 non-health and safety deficiencies.
The Boston Housing Authority, Boston, MA, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Requirements for Its Public Housing Program Units
Provide evidence to support that the Authority corrected the 11 unit deficiencies for the 5 units and 7 building deficiencies for 4 buildings with outstanding deficiencies.
HUD Needs To Improve Its Oversight of PBRA and FHA-Insured PBV Properties Converted Under RAD
Provide training to field staff members to ensure that they have the skills necessary to complete MORs of converted properties.
The Boston Housing Authority, Boston, MA, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's and Its Own Requirements for Its Public Housing Program Units
Develop and implement a plan to manage and reduce its backlog of work orders. This plan should include but not be limited to (1) assessing and addressing staffing needs; (2) creating a timeline for completion of the work orders to ensure that its properties are maintained in decent, safe, and sanitary condition and in good repair; and (3) providing documentation showing that it is on track to meet the completion timeframe.
The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, Did Not Adequately Manage Lead-Based Paint in Its Public Housing Units
Coordinate with HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes to obtain training for the Authority’s employees responsible for managing lead-based paint on the management of lead-based paint, including the requirements for visual assessments, risk assessments, reevaluations, and hazard reduction.