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Committee presses DCHA on audits and lingering material weaknesses
Summary
Nominees and committee members reviewed audit progress: nominees said most HUD findings are closed but several remain open and the 2024 financial statement audit issued a disclaimer; the board is using outside contractors to reconcile accounts and address material weaknesses.
Committee members used the confirmation hearing to press nominees on unresolved audit findings and financial controls at the District of Columbia Housing Authority.
Raymond Skinner said the STAR Board and agency have resolved most HUD monitoring findings but that "there's 7 that are still open" related to administrative plans. Leroy Clay III and other nominees noted the 2024 financial statement audit produced a disclaimer of opinion and that auditors identified a combined 20 material weaknesses and significant deficiencies; Clay said "we have about 9 issues that remain outstanding" and that outside contractors (BDO, Baker Tilly) have been engaged to reconcile accounts, including fixed-asset reconciliations.
Nominees described procedural changes (new CFO, the fixed-asset module in Yardi, and steps to reconcile repair-and-maintenance funding) and said the board plans deeper oversight, requesting documentation that items reported "closed" have supporting evidence. The committee asked for follow-up reporting on remediation progress and for details on how funds are tracked and obligated.
