Finding 1240616 (2025-001)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
N
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-10-16

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The Organization made its Flexible Subsidy Note payment approximately five months late due to management oversight.
  • Impacted Requirements: Timely payment of the Flexible Note is required based on annual surplus cash, which was not adhered to.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Management should implement procedures to ensure timely payments in the future, as they have acknowledged the oversight.

Finding Text

Finding 2025-001 – Late payment on the Flexible Subsidy Note Payable Federal Program: U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development, Operating Assistance for Troubled Multifamily Housing Projects, Federal Assistance Listing Number 14.164. Identification of Repeat Finding and Finding Reference Number: This is not a repeat finding. Criteria or Specific Requirement: Providence Building Sanitary and Educational Association’s (the “Organization”) annual payment on its Flexible Subsidy Note Payable (“Flexible Note”) is payable from the Organization’s annual surplus cash. The Flexible Note payment should have been paid during the year ended December 31, 2025, based on the surplus cash as of December 31, 2024. Statement of Condition: The Organization did not timely make its debt payment due on its Flexible Note. The debt payment was made on March 25, 2026, which was approximately five months late. Cause: The Organization’s audit for the year ended December 31, 2024, was not finalized and issued until September 29, 2025, which was later in the year than usual. As a result, there was a management oversight and delay in identifying and making the required payment on the Flexible Note. Effect: The annual Flexible Note payment was approximately five months late. Known Questioned Costs: None Finding 2025-001 – Late payment on the Flexible Subsidy Note Payable (continued) Recommendation: We recommend that management implement procedures to ensure that the annual Flexible Note payment is timely remitted in accordance with the related agreements. Response Indicator: Agree View of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: The Organization’s audit for the year ended December 31, 2024, was not finalized and issued until September 29, 2025, which was later in the year than usual. As a result, there was a management oversight and delay in identifying and making the required payment on the Flexible Note. Management has implemented procedures to ensure that the annual Flexible Note payment is timely remitted in accordance with the related agreements.

Corrective Action Plan

The Organization’s audit for the year ended December 31, 2024, was not finalized and issued until September 29, 2025, which was later in the year than usual. As a result, there was a management oversight and delay in identifying and making the required payment on the Flexible Note. Management has implemented procedures to ensure that the annual Flexible Note payment is timely remitted in accordance with the related agreements.

Categories

Reporting Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
14.135 MORTGAGE INSURANCE RENTAL AND COOPERATIVE HOUSING FOR MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES AND ELDERLY, MARKET INTEREST RATE $15.28M
14.195 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE (PBRA) $3.36M
14.164 OPERATING ASSISTANCE FOR TROUBLED MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS $1.94M