Deobligate the 101 program obligations totaling $1,967,991.45 identified for deobligation during the fiscal year 2024 OOR that had not been deobligated as of February 28, 2025.
2025-FO-0802 | Marzo 31, 2025
HUD Open Obligations Review Results
Chief Financial Officer
- Status2025-FO-0802-001-BOpenClosed$1,967,991Funds 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.
2025-LA-0001 | Marzo 17, 2025
HUD Can Improve Its Efforts To Meet the National Drug Control Strategy Reporting Requirements
Chief Financial Officer
- Status2025-LA-0001-001-COpenClosed
Develop and execute a written agreement with ONDCP on the reporting methodology for the CoC annual numeric targets and actuals that would meet future reporting requirements and comply with the Strategy and timeframe for implementation.
- Status2025-LA-0001-001-DOpenClosed
Develop and execute a written agreement with ONDCP on the use of reporting annual numeric targets for the RHP performance measures that would meet future reporting requirements and comply with the Strategy and timeframe for implementation.
- Status2025-LA-0001-001-EOpenClosed
Establish and implement formal policies and procedures that include (1) the ONDCP reporting process between HUD’s OCFO and CPD, (2) the process for reporting to ONDCP, (3) references to any written agreements between HUD and ONDCP, and (4) a requirement for periodic reviews of these written agreements to address any changes in administration, roles, responsibilities, reporting programs, reporting requirements, and reporting methodologies.
2025-FO-0005 | Marzo 10, 2025
HUD’s Subaward Data on USASpending.gov Were Not Complete nor Accurate
Chief Financial Officer
- Status2025-FO-0005-001-HOpenClosed
Develop a policy or update the existing Grants Management Policy to include 1) the process and controls that HUD will use to hold the prime recipients accountable for FFATA compliance and 2) clearly defined roles and responsibilities between OCFO and the program offices to ensure that action is prioritized by the correct responsible parties regarding FFATA compliance.
- Status2025-FO-0005-001-IOpenClosed
Work with applicable program offices to develop training materials and tools, such as dashboards, to assist program offices in monitoring their grant portfolios for subaward reporting compliance.
2025-FO-1001 | Marzo 07, 2025
The New York City Housing Authority Should Enhance Its Fraud Risk Management Practices
Public and Indian Housing
- Status2025-FO-1001-001-AOpenClosed
Develop a strategy to comprehensively assess and respond to fraud risks across NYCHA. The strategy should identify who within NYCHA is responsible for designing and overseeing activities to prevent and detect fraud. The strategy should also include how NYCHA will (1) assess fraud risks across NYCHA methodically and periodically, (2) create response plans for fraud risks that are identified, and (3) monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of fraud risk management activities. The strategy should also designate fraud risk responsibilities across NYCHA.
- Status2025-FO-1001-001-BOpenClosed
Based on the strategy, (1) complete an assessment of fraud risks across NYCHA, (2) create response plans for fraud risks that are identified, and (3) develop procedures to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of fraud risk management activities.
- Status2025-FO-1001-001-COpenClosed
Assess whether HUD’s other extra-large PHAs have mature fraud risk management programs and use the assessment to develop a strategy to reduce the fraud risk exposure to HUD. The strategy should include working with extra-large PHAs to implement appropriate fraud mitigation activities.
- Status2025-FO-1001-001-DOpenClosed
Work with HUD’s Chief Risk Officer to issue a notice to all PHAs explaining that PHAs are responsible for fraud risk management and play a role in fulfilling HUD’s requirement to identify and mitigate fraud risks. This notice should clearly indicate that PHAs should implement fraud risk management, which includes (1) completing an assessment of fraud risks, (2) creating response plans for fraud risks that are identified, and (3) developing procedures to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of fraud risk management activities.
2025-CH-1001 | Febrero 25, 2025
The Boston Housing Authority Did Not Always Comply With HUD’s and Its Own Requirements for Its Public Housing Program Units
Public and Indian Housing
- Status2025-CH-1001-001-AOpenClosed
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.
- Status2025-CH-1001-001-BOpenClosed
Determine the frequency of its quality control reviews of its inspections and work orders and update its quality control policy, training materials, and other resources as appropriate to ensure that its quality control process is consistently implemented.
- Status2025-CH-1001-001-COpenClosed
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.
- Status2025-CH-1001-002-AOpenClosed
Provide evidence to support that the Authority corrected the four non-life-threatening deficiencies for the three units with outstanding deficiencies.
- Status2025-CH-1001-002-BOpenClosed
Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that the deficiencies identified during annual self-inspections are properly categorized and corrected in a timely manner.
- Status2025-CH-1001-002-COpenClosed
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.
- Status2025-CH-1001-002-DOpenClosed
Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that inspection reports are uploaded to the Authority’s electronic filing system and work orders are created in a timely manner. This process should include but not be limited to providing training to its staff on the Authority’s systems, establishing timeframes for the creation of work orders, and monitoring the work order process.
- Status2025-CH-1001-003-AOpenClosed
Provide evidence to support that the Authority corrected the 3 non-life-threatening health and safety, and 19 non-health and safety deficiencies.
- Status2025-CH-1001-003-BOpenClosed
Develop and implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that (1) the deficiencies identified during REAC inspections are corrected in a timely manner and (2) documentation is maintained to support that repairs were made.
- Status2025-CH-1001-003-COpenClosed
Implement adequate controls to ensure that the Authority’s information system properly tracks the completion of work orders.