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Finding 541027 (2024-001)

- Repeat Finding
Requirement
E
Questioned Costs
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Year
2024
Accepted
2025-03-31
Audit: 350623
Organization: Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration (PR)
Auditor: Baker Tilly Puerto Rico CPAS Psc

AI Summary

  • Issue: Lack of monitoring processes for compliance, leading to potential non-compliance with eligibility and reporting requirements.
  • Trend: This gap may result in ongoing risks and missed opportunities to address compliance issues promptly.
  • Follow-up: Implement monitoring procedures to ensure timely detection and prevention of non-compliance.

Finding Text

During our review of the internal controls procedures with respect to this program, we noted that there is no evidence of monitoring processes in place that allowed the Administration to timely prevent or detect any non-compliance with the compliance requirements for this program related to eligibility and reporting

Corrective Action Plan

PRPHA has a provider with vast experience in this program and is currently serving other government authorities in the mainland that are entitled with this program. We have assured that they are following the regulations that are set forth by the Treasury Department. However, because of the short period of time that we have had this program in Puerto Rico we have had to adapt the practices that have been adopted in the other agencies as the formal procedures as a start up implementation. We are establishing more procedures as the program evolves in the island. This is an on going action plan.

Categories

Subrecipient Monitoring Eligibility Reporting Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
14.850 Public Housing Operating Fund $270.52M
14.872 Public Housing Capital Fund $105.95M
14.871 Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers $80.38M
21.023 Emergency Rental Assistance Program $4.67M
97.036 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (presidentially Declared Disasters) $2.33M
97.039 Hazard Mitigation Grant $872,539
14.856 Lower Income Housing Assistance Program Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation $841,152
14.879 Mainstream Vouchers $678,615
14.249 Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy $585,879
14.269 Hurricane Sandy Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Grants (cdbg-Dr) $152,591
16.609 Project Safe Neighborhoods $32,996