Finding 6790 (2023-001)

Material Weakness
Requirement
N
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2023
Accepted
2023-12-28
Audit: 8738
Organization: Concord Residential Club (CA)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: Concord Residential Club missed 5 out of 12 required monthly deposits to the reserve for replacement bank account.
  • Impacted Requirements: This violates HUD's regulatory agreement and program guidelines, which mandate monthly deposits.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Management should implement controls to ensure all future deposits are made on time.

Finding Text

Statement of condition 2023-1: Concord Residential Club (the Organization) did not deposit all 12 monthly payments ($919.93) to the reserve for replacement bank account. During the year-ended March 31, 2023, only 7 monthly payments were deposited to the bank account with the other 5 payments being deposited subsequent to the year end. Criteria: As indicated in the Regulatory agreement with HUD and the program guidelines in ALN 14.157 Supportive Housing for the Elderly, the amount required by HUD will be deposited monthly in the reserve for replacement bank account. Cause: The Organization had a change in the accounting department and the appropriate procedures were not followed to ensure the monthly deposits to the reserve for replacements were made. Effect: The Organization did not make 5 of the required monthly deposits to the reserve for replacement bank account as required by HUD.Recommendation: The Organization’s management should create controls to ensure the procedures are followed to ensure all deposits to the reserve for replacement account are made monthly.

Corrective Action Plan

Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: As of August 3, 2023, all 5 payments to the reserve for replacements account that were in arrears from the year ended March 31, 2023 were deposited to the reserve for replacement bank account. To ensure that all deposits to the reserve for replacement are made monthly moving forward, management has created the following procedures and checklists. As part of the monthly financial statement review, the executive director will review the reserve for replacement bank account and related year-to-date ledger to ensure the deposits are being made monthly in a timely fashion. All variances will be investigated and reconciled. Management is looking into setting up an automatic transfer from the general bank account to the reserve for replacement bank account. This will ensure the monthly deposits to the reserve for replacements occur automatically.

Categories

HUD Housing Programs

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 6791 2023-002
    Material Weakness
  • 583232 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 583233 2023-002
    Material Weakness

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
14.157 Supportive Housing for the Elderly $709,738
14.195 Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program $355,145