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Ensure that its staff is properly trained and familiar with HUD’s and its own requirements regarding housing quality standards inspections.
Reimburse its program $15,796 from non-Federal funds for administrative fees earned for the 50 units that materially failed to meet HUD’s housing quality standards and its own requirements.
Reimburse its program $153,222 from non-Federal funds for the housing assistance paid for the 50 units that materially failed to meet HUD’s housing quality standards and its own requirements.
Certify, along with the owners, that the applicable housing quality standards violations have been corrected for the 78 units cited in this finding.
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obligations with remaining balances totaling $78,069 and close out and deobligate amounts tied to obligations that are no longer valid or needed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
