Finding Text
2024-001 –Replacement Reserve – Federal Assistance Listing Number 10.415 – U.S. Department of Agriculture – Section 515 Rural Rental Housing Loan
Criteria: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development requires deposits to be deposited timely in the reserve for replacement bank account.
Condition: Deposits to the replacement reserve account were not timely.
Cause: Hancock County Homes Foundation failed to deposit funds timely to replacement reserve account.
Effect: Hancock County Homes Foundation was not in compliance with all USDA compliance requirements and the replacement reserve account was underfunded.
Recommendation: Recommend timely deposits.
Management's Response: Management agrees with this recommendation and has provided the corrective action plan following the Single Audit report.
Repeat Finding: 2023-001