Finding 1215372 (2025-002)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
N
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-05-21
Audit: 401918
Organization: Dima Vi INC (DE)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The Project failed to make two required monthly deposits of $500 to the replacement reserve on time.
  • Impacted Requirements: This noncompliance violates the Project's regulatory agreement and HUD regulations regarding timely deposits.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Establish a formal tracking process for deposits, conduct monthly supervisory reviews, and ensure timely contributions to the replacement reserve.

Finding Text

Finding 2025-002: Noncompliance with Replacement Reserve Deposit Requirements Criteria: The Project's regulatory agreement and 24 CFR 891.405 require that the owner make monthly deposits to the replacement reserve account in the amount specified by HUD. All deposits must be made timely to ensure adequate funds are available for significant repairs or replacements and to maintain compliance with program requirements. Condition: During our testing to determine whether required monthly deposits were made, we identified two required monthly deposits of $500 each that were not made timely during the year ended September 30, 2025. The deposits were caught up subsequent to year-end. Cause: Management did not have a formal process for tracking and monitoring required monthly deposits to the replacement reserve. This is consistent with the overall lack of formalized compliance monitoring identified in Finding 2025-001. Effect: The Project did not comply with the requirement to deposit monthly an amount as required by HUD into the replacement reserve fund. Failure to make timely deposits could impair the Project's ability to fund extraordinary maintenance and repair and replacement of capital items, and could constitute noncompliance with the terms of the Project's regulatory agreement and HUD capital advance. Questioned Costs: None. Recommendations: Management should implement a deposit tracking process to monitor required monthly contributions to the replacement reserve, ensure deposits are made on schedule, and flag any shortfalls for immediate follow-up. Supervisory review of replacement reserve activity should occur monthly to confirm that all required deposits have been made. Views of Responsible Officials: We concur with this finding. The deposits have been made and the account is fully funded. We will implement procedures to ensure replacement reserve deposits are tracked and made timely going forward.

Corrective Action Plan

A. Current Findings on the Schedule of Findings, Questioned Costs, and Recommendations 2. Finding 2025-002: Noncompliance with Replacement Reserve Deposit Requirements a. Comments on the Finding and Each Recommendation: We acknowledge that two required replacement reserve deposits totaling $1,000 were not made timely during the year. The delayed deposits were fully cured prior to report issuance, the replacement reserve account remained substantially funded throughout the period, and no financial loss, reserve deficiency, or misuse of restricted funds occurred. Management views this matter as a timing and monitoring issue rather than a deficiency in the overall reserve position. b. Action(s) Taken or Planned on the Finding: 1. Reserve Deposit Monitoring Procedures: We have implemented formal reserve deposit monitoring procedures to track required monthly replacement reserve contributions, identify timing variances or shortfalls on a timely basis, and ensure corrective follow-up when needed. Supporting documentation and reconciliation records are maintained for audit and compliance purposes. 2. Monthly Management Review: Replacement reserve activity, including required deposits, account balances, and related reconciliation activity, is reviewed monthly by finance management as part of the organization’s ongoing compliance oversight procedures. Evidence of supervisory review is retained as part of the monthly compliance documentation process.

Categories

Subrecipient Monitoring HUD Housing Programs

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1215371 2025-001
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
14.181 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES $1.38M
14.195 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE (PBRA) $58,975