Open Recommendations

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If an adverse determination is made for Recommendation 1, collect program payments subject to limitation for each year for which a scheme or device was adopted and for the subsequent year. (The producers’ payments subject to limitation totaled over $1.4 million for the 2000 through 2002 crop years. See exhibit E.)

We recommend that the Director of HUD's Cleveland Office of Public Housing require the Agency to determine the appropriate administrative fees for the applicable households for which it is unable to provide supporting documentation cited in recommendation 2D and reimburse its program the applicable amount from nonfederal funds.

Repay $743,344 disbursed for the 17 ineligible grants to its Road Home program.

Review all of the remaining 392 grants coded ineligible or lacking an eligibility determination and either support or repay $14,697,812 disbursed for them.

We recommend that the director of HUD's Office of Public Housing instruct the Authority to reimburse HUD for the excessive administrative fee charge of $692,990 in capital funds in accordance with the procedures described in 24 CFR 905.120.

We recommend that the director of HUD's Cleveland Office of Public Housing require the Authority to provide documentation to support that the $913,365 in refunding savings cited in this finding was used to provide affordable, decent, safe, and sanitary housing to very low-income households or reimburse from nonfederal funds its refunding savings account(s), as appropriate, to be able to trace its use of the savings.

We recommend that the director of HUD's Detroit Office of Public Housing require the Commission to Reimburse its program $535,903 from nonfederal funds ($507,860 for the property purchase plus $28,043 for legal costs) for the improper use of program funds to pay for the property's acquisition costs.

Require the Commonwealth to provide documentation to substantiate the eligibility of $150,000 provided to Southampton or repay the HOME program from nonfederal funds.

Continue its FBI Headquarters-managed asset validation review process and provide sufficient resources for the Analytical Unit to devote to these reviews.

Require that any analytical products relating to the asset, together with red flags, derogatory reporting, anomalies, and other counterintelligence concerns be documented in a subsection of the asset's file.

Require the field SSA, the ASAC, and the FBI Headquarters SSA responsible for each asset to signify that they have reviewed the entries in this subsection as part of the routine file review or of semi-annual or annual asset re-evaluations. If anomalies exist, the SSA should note what action has been taken with respect to them, or explain why no action is necessary, and the ASAC's agreement should be noted.

Require agents to record in the asset file any documents passed and all matters discussed with the asset, as well as each person who was present for the meeting.

Require alternate case agents to meet with the source on a regular basis, together with the case agent.

Limit the number of years any Special Agent can continue as an asset's handler. Exceptions should be allowed for good cause only.

We recommend that the director of HUD's Public Housing Hub, Cleveland Field Office, require the Authority to provide support or reimburse its Section 8 program $812,967 ($738,708 in housing assistance payments plus $74,259 in related administrative fees) from nonfederal funds for unsupported housing assistance payments and unearned administrative fees related to the 65 tenants cited in this finding.

Require the Municipality to obtain and submit all supporting documentation and HUD determine the eligibility and propriety of $1,011,801 in administrative costs the Corporation charged to the Block Grant revolving fund. Any amounts determined ineligible must be reimbursed to the Block Grant program from nonfederal funds.

Require the Municipality to obtain and submit all supporting documentation and HUD determine the eligibility and compliance with national objectives of the $631,195 the Corporation disbursed for the four loans. Any amounts determined ineligible must be reimbursed to the Block Grant program from nonfederal funds.

We recommend that HUD's Director of Public Housing Hub, Detroit Field Office, assure the Royal Oak Township Housing Commission: Reimburse its Public Housing Program $367,516 from non-Federal funds for the improper use of HUD operating subsidy funds cited in this finding.

Require the PRPHA to submit all supporting documentation and determine the accuracy of the $4,230,646 owed by PBA and its public housing management agents. Any amounts determined ineligible must be reimbursed to the ACC projects, from non-Federal funds.

1.1 Require UIC to return to the Department the $1,018,212 in federal funds it received for the first three years of the grant

Take appropriate action pursuant to 34 C.F.R. § 74.62 to protect future GEAR UP grant funds.

Require UIC to return to the Department the $1,018,212 in federal funds it received for the first three years of the grant, (see footnote 9)

Take appropriate action pursuant to 34 C.F.R. § 74.62 to protect future GEAR UP grant funds.

Recover from owner $2,687,822, the difference between $3,662,822 owed to HUD by owner and $975,000 proceeds of foreclosure sale.