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Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Program Name: CFDA 14.157 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Assistance Listing Number: 14.157 Federal Award Identification Number and Year: 075-EE017-WAH - 2022 Pass-Through Agency: N/A Pass-Through Number(s): N/A Award Period: 2022 Type of Finding: Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance Criteria or specific requirement: Title 24 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Section 891.400 and the Corporation's Regulatory Agreement residual receipts to be deposited to a restricted account. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (P.L. 114-113) provided statutory authority for HUD to continue collection of excess residual receipt account balances. To the extent that residual receipts are available to a project, owners are allowed an initial residual receipts balance in an amount equivalent to $250 per unit to use for project purposes. On May 1, 2019, HUD communicated to management that excess residual receipts must be remitted to HUD upon expiration of the Project Rental Assistance Contract (PRAC). Condition: The PRAC expired on December 6, 2019, and excess residual receipts have not been remitted to HUD. Questioned costs: None Context: Noncompliance was not identified as a result of sampling. A total of $128,613 payable to HUD was computed based on the PRAC and as noted in the prior year audit findings and questions costs. Cause: The Corporation changed its management agent during the year and the recapture requirement was not communicated to staff of the new management agent. Effect: The Corporation is not in compliance with program requirements. Recommendation: We recommend that management remit excess residual receipts to HUD. We recommend that the residual receipts account be evaluated for excess residual receipts upon expiration of each annual PRAC. Views of responsible officials: Management agrees with the finding.