Finding 51064 (2022-001)

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Requirement
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Questioned Costs
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Year
2022
Accepted
2022-11-15

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: Sacred Heart Apartments failed to conduct required annual unit inspections.
  • Impacted Requirements: HUD Handbook mandates inspections to ensure units are decent, safe, and sanitary.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Ensure inspections are resumed and properly documented in tenant files.

Finding Text

Finding 2022-001: Mortgage Insurance for the Purchase or Refinancing of Existing Multifamily Housing Projects, Federal Assistance Listing Number 14.155 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: Sacred Heart Apartments did not ensure unit inspections continued through COVID. Effect: The tenant?s unit may not be in a decent, safe, and sanitary condition. Recommendation: We recommend that Sacred Heart Apartments resume unit inspections and ensure those inspections are properly documented in the tenant files. Views of management and planned corrective action: Sacred Heart Apartments has resumed unit inspections and will ensure those inspections are properly documented in the tenant files.

Corrective Action Plan

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Cicero Housing Development Fund Company, Inc. (Sacred Heart Apartments), HUD Project No. 014-11192 respectfully submits the following corrective action plan for the year ended March 31, 2022. Name and address of independent public accounting firm: Bonadio & Co., LLP 432 North Franklin Street #60 Syracuse, New York 13204 Audit period: April 1, 2021 ? March 31, 2022 The findings from the 2022 schedule of findings and questioned costs are discussed below. The findings are numbered consistently with the numbers assigned in the schedule. FINDINGS ? FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT None FINDINGS ? FEDERAL AWARD PROGRAM AUDIT Finding 2022-001: Mortgage Insurance for the Purchase or Refinancing of Existing Multifamily Housing Projects, Federal Assistance Listing Number 14.155 Recommendation: Our auditors recommended that we resume unit inspections and ensure those inspections are properly documented in the tenant files. Action Taken: We are currently in the process of completing and documenting unit inspections. Name of Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Kyle Lyskawa, CFO, (315) 424-1821. Completion Date: June 2022

Categories

HUD Housing Programs Procurement, Suspension & Debarment

Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
14.155 Mortgage Insurance for the Purchase Or Refinancing of Existing Multifamily Housing Projects $1.40M
14.195 Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program $1,039