Finding 1180788 (2024-003)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2026-03-18

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The Company failed to submit audited financial reports to REAC and the local field office within the required nine-month timeframe.
  • Impacted Requirements: This violates HUD’s Uniform Financial Reporting Standards and 24 CFR Part 5, Subpart H.
  • Recommended Follow-up: Ensure timely submission of audited reports post-audit completion and address the repeat finding from the previous year.

Finding Text

Condition - The Company did not submit audited submissions to REAC and the local field office within nine months after the end of the fiscal year. Criteria - In accordance with HUD’s Uniform Financial Reporting Standards (UFRS) rule and 24 CFR Part 5, Subpart H, companies are required to submit audited submissions to REAC and the local field office, no later than nine months after the end of the company’s fiscal year. Effect - The Company is not in compliance with financial reporting requirements. Cause - The Company did not submit an audited submission to REAC and the local field office because the audit was not complete by the due date. Statistical Sampling - The sample was not intended to be, and was not, a statistically valid sample. Questioned Costs - None identified. Repeat finding - This is a repeat of finding 2023-002 from the prior year. Recommendation - The Company should submit an audited submission to REAC and the local field office as soon as the audit is complete. Management’s Response - The Company will work to engage its auditors to perform the December 31, 2025 audit in March of 2026 and complete the audited submission within 90 days after the end of the fiscal year. The current year audited submission will be complete and filed upon completion of this audit.

Corrective Action Plan

Name of auditee: St. Clare Apartments Housing Development Fund Company, Inc. TIN: 16-1524084 Name of audit firm: EFPR Group, CPAs, PLLC Period covered by audit: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024 CAP prepared by: John Lutz jlutz@christopher-community.org Current Findings on the Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs Finding 2024-003 The Company will work to engage its auditors to perform the December 31, 2025 audit in March of 2026 and complete the audited submission within 90 days after the end of the fiscal year. The current year audited submission will be complete and filed upon completion of this audit.

Categories

HUD Housing Programs Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1180784 2024-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1180785 2024-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1180786 2024-004
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1180787 2024-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1180789 2024-004
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
14.157 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY $202,117