Audit 413281

FY End
2025-12-31
Total Expended
$88.63M
Findings
2
Programs
3
Organization: New Hope Housing, Inc. (TX)
Year: 2025 Accepted: 2026-09-29

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
1238420 2025-002 Material Weakness Yes P
1238421 2025-002 Material Weakness Yes P

Contacts

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N1RXNNMCVBW3 John Peavy Auditee
7132209726 Kay Walther Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

Basis of presentation – The schedule of expenditures of federal awards (the schedule) is prepared on the accrual basis of accounting. The information in this schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 U. S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Federal expenditures include allowable costs funded by federal grants. Allowable costs are subject to the cost principles of the Uniform Guidance, and include costs that are recognized as expenses or capitalized as assets in New Hope Housing, Inc. and Affiliates’ financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. New Hope Housing, Inc. and Affiliates have not elected to use the 15% de minimis cost rate for indirect costs. New Hope Housing, Inc. and Affiliates do not have any subrecipients. Because the schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of New Hope Housing, Inc. and Affiliates, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position, changes in net assets, or cash flows of New Hope Housing, Inc. and Affiliates.
New Hope Housing, Inc. and Affiliates have received U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U. S. Department of Treasury deferred payment loans passed through the City of Houston, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and Harris County Housing Finance Corporation totaling $88,632,249. The balance of the loans outstanding at December 31, 2025 is reported in the schedule of expenditures of federal awards.

Finding Details

Finding #2025-002 – Significant Deficiency and Other Noncompliance. Federal Awards: U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Passed through City of Houston, Assistance Listing #: 14.239, Contract number: 4600016100, 4600008347, 4600015112, 4600013379, 460000866, 4600009893, 4600010749, and 03-0774/FC55324, Contract period: Grant agreement expires 15-30 years from the date of completion. U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Passed through Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Assistance Listing #: 14.239, Contract number: 92230123418 and 1000084, Contract period: Grant agreement expires 20-30 years from the date of completion. Criteria: Management of New Hope Housing, Inc. and Affiliates is responsible for establishing and maintaining an effective system of internal control over tenant rent files. This system must ensure that monthly rental income in the property management system is in agreement with the base rent terms in the signed lease agreements and amendments. Condition and context: In a sample of 40 tenant files, we noted four instances where the monthly rental rate recorded on the property’s rent roll did not match the rate authorized in the signed lease contract. Cause: There are no consistent processes in place for a secondary review of the rental rates in the lease agreement to those actually invoiced in the property management system. Effect: Potential understatement or overstatement of scheduled rental revenue and errors of rent charged to tenants. Recommendation: Implement a secondary review of rental agreements and rates per the property management system. Consider periodic reconciliation compliance procedures that compares a sample of active rent rolls directly against executed lease files. Views of responsible officials and planned corrective actions: Management agrees with the finding. See Corrective Action Plan.