Finding 45919 (2022-001)

- Repeat Finding
Requirement
P
Questioned Costs
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Year
2022
Accepted
2023-09-24
Audit: 39881
Organization: Calvary Plaza (LA)
Auditor: Wharton CPA LLC

AI Summary

  • Answer: Management did not collect monthly lease payments, leading to significant past due rent for tenants.
  • Trend: Site managers are not following the HUD model lease terms, resulting in unpaid rent accumulating.
  • List: Management should create and enforce a collection policy to address this issue.

Finding Text

Condition: Management failed to collect monthly lease payments resulting in tenants accruing large amounts of past due rent. Criteria: Monthly tenant lease payments should be collected and payable according to the terms of the HUD model lease. Cause: Site managers did not carry out the terms of the HUD-model lease and collect rent due. Effect: Tenant accounts receivables included significant amounts of unpaid rent for former residents. Recommendation: I recommend management develop and implement a collection policy.

Corrective Action Plan

2022 ?1 Collection of Tenant Accounts Receivable Condition: Management failed to collect monthly lease payments resulting in tenants accruing large amounts of past due rent. Criteria: Monthly tenant lease payments should be collected and payable according to the terms of the HUD model lease. Cause: Site managers did not carry out the terms of the HUD-model lease and collect rent due. Effect: Tenant accounts receivables included significant amounts of unpaid rent for former residents. Recommendation: I recommend management develop and implement a collection policy. Management Response: Of the Net Tenant Accounts Receivable balance, there are several residents that have workout agreements for paying down their arrears balances. According to the Site Manager, there was a resident that was in a nursing home who started paying on their balance until he no longer could. This resident was not able to return to the property from the nursing home. Additionally, there was also another resident that usually paid their rent on time, but they had to spend time in the hospital which affected their ability to pay. In summary, majority of the persons with delinquent balances are on Workout Agreements. We will also be sending you an adjusting journal entries to adjust for the balance for two of the residents whose balances are being paid.

Categories

HUD Housing Programs

Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
14.181 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities $942,000
14.195 Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program $132,737