Finding 1182810 (2025-002)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
N
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-03-25

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: East Main Street Apartments failed to conduct required annual unit inspections.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with HUD Handbook guidelines for maintaining safe and sanitary housing.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Ensure unit inspections are resumed and properly documented in tenant files.

Finding Text

Finding 2025-002: Mortgage Insurance – Rental Housing (Section 207), federal assistance listing number 14.134 Criteria: The HUD Handbook requires owners to perform and document inspections of each unit on at least an annual basis. Condition: Unit inspections were not performed during the year. Context: We reviewed 4 tenant files for documentation of unit inspections. Cause: East Main Street Apartments did not ensure unit inspections were performed during the year. Effect: The tenant’s unit may not be in a decent, safe, and sanitary condition. Recommendation: We recommend that East Main Street Apartments resume unit inspections and ensure those inspections are properly documented in the tenant files. Views of management and planned corrective action: East Main Street Apartments has resumed unit inspections and will ensure those inspections are properly documented in the tenant files.

Corrective Action Plan

Finding 2025-002: Mortgage Insurance – Rental Housing (Section 207), federal assistance listing number 14.134 Recommendation: We recommend that East Main Street Apartments resume unit inspections and ensure those inspections are properly documented in the tenant files. Views of management and planned corrective action: East Main Street Apartments has resumed unit inspections and will ensure those inspections are properly documented in the tenant files. Anticipated Completion Date: April 2026 Name of Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: John Lutz, VPF, (315) 424-1821.

Categories

HUD Housing Programs

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1182809 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
14.134 MORTGAGE INSURANCE_RENTAL HOUSING $1.30M
14.195 SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS PROGRAM $398,733