Fowler Christian Apartments III

Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Program: Section 202 Capital Advance and Project Rental Assistance Contract ALN: 14.157 Award Period: 2024 Type of Finding: Significant Deficiency Criteria or specific requirement: According to the Regulatory Agreement, “mortgagor will establish and maintain a reserve fund for replacements in a separate account in a bank…concurrently with the effective commencement of rental assistance payments under the Project Rental Assistance Contract, the Mortgagor will deposit an amount…per month unless a different date or amount is approved in writing by HUD”. Condition: The Organization did not make all required deposits into the Reserve for Replacements bank account in a timely manner. Questioned costs: $3,752 Cause: A process control to ensure the automatic transfer of deposits from the operating account to the replacements reserve on a monthly basis was not in place. Effect: Deposits for three of the twelve months of the year were not made timely. Therefore, the Organization is not in compliance with the Regulatory Agreement. Recommendation: We recommend management implement a control to ensure the monthly transfer is completed automatically and in accordance with the Regulatory Agreement. Views of responsible officials: The Organization agrees with the finding and the recommendation will be implemented. Controls implemented include scheduling of automatic transfers to our reserve for replacement savings account as well as updating our treasury standard operating procedures to ensure funds are available for the transfer. Condition status: Resolved. Repeat Finding: No.

Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Program: Section 202 Capital Advance and Project Rental Assistance Contract ALN: 14.157 Award Period: 2024 Type of Finding: Significant Deficiency Condition: The Organization did not submit a budget related to their project rental assistance contract. Criteria: An annual budget must be submitted to HUD for project rental assistance contracts. Questioned costs: None Context: During reporting testing, it was determined that budgets had not been submitted to HUD on a timely basis, as required. Effect: The annual budget was not submitted to HUD on a timely basis, as required. Cause: The Organization was not able to submit an annual budget to HUD prior to the submission deadline. Recommendation: We recommend the annual budget is submitted to HUD on a timely basis, as required. Views of Responsible Officials: A process will be put into place to ensure annual budgets will be submitted timely. Repeat Finding: No