REPORT DIGEST
ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
FINANCIAL AUDIT
For the Year Ended June 30, 2010
Summary of Findings:
Total this audit: 6
Total last audit: 2
Repeated from last audit: 2
Release Date: December 2, 2010
State of Illinois, Office of the Auditor General
WILLIAM G. HOLLAND, AUDITOR GENERAL
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SYNOPSIS
• The Authority did not provide the auditors with complete
and accurate financial statements.
• The Authority has loan balances in the multi-family
program recorded in their financial statements that should be removed due to
the loans being uncollectible.
• The Authority’s accounts payable master vendor list has
duplicate vendors.
• The Authority did not have a formal process to evaluate and estimate allowance for loan losses for the Single Family Loan Program.
FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
FINANCIAL STATEMENT ADJUSTMENTS
The Illinois Housing Development Authority (Authority) did
not provide the auditors with complete and accurate financial statements.
During our audit of the financial statements, some of the
issues we noted are as follows:
• For several years, the Authority has entered into
multi-year take out agreements with liquidity providers to convert variable
rate bonds into installment loans if the bonds cannot be remarketed. The take-out agreement for the 2008 A, B and
C Housing Bonds will expire April 30, 2011.
Since the take-out agreement expires within the next fiscal year, the
bonds payable balances of approximately $50 million had to be reclassified from
non-current to current.
• Upon review of the Single Family Program Fund, we
discovered there were 673 loans totaling $65,526,828 that did not have pool
insurance and did not have an allowance for loss recorded. This creates a risk of loss due to potential
uncollectible loan receivables. The
Authority recorded an entry to estimate an allowance for loan loss in the
Single Family Program Fund of $1,324,389.
• During our testing of the allowance for loan loss in the
Illinois Affordable Housing Trust Fund, we noted 2 loans that were sent to the
Attorney General for write off approval but were not fully reserved in the
financial statements. The Authority
recorded an entry in the amount of $900,046 to increase the loan loss reserve.
• There was an error in the cash flows statements showing an
inflow of cash in the payment to suppliers’ line item. A correction to the financial statements was
made to record the $4,441,283 outflow amount. (Finding 1, Pages 65-68)
We recommended that the Authority strengthen their internal
controls over financial reporting. This
detailed recommendation included, developing policies and procedures for
reviewing their take-out agreements, establishing appropriate reserves and
ensuring that the financial statement presentation is complete and accurate.
Authority officials concurred with our recommendation and
stated that they plan to review and update policies and procedures to ensure
alignment with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
LOAN RECEIVABLE BALANCE AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSS BALANCE
OVERSTATED
The Authority has loan balances in the multi-family program
recorded in their financial statements that should be removed due to the loans
being uncollectible.
During our audit of the Authority’s allowance for loan loss
estimate, we noted 44 loans totaling approximately $20.7 million were recorded
on the Authority’s financial statements for which a 100% allowance reserve was
recorded. The Authority anticipates that
most of these loans will ultimately be written off. (Finding 3, Page 71) This
finding was first reported in 2008.
We recommended that the Authority work with the Attorney
General’s Office to get approval to write-off the uncollectible loan balances.
Authority officials concurred with the recommendation and
stated that they will continue to work with the Attorney General’s office to
get the approval. (For the previous Authority response, see Digest footnote
#1.)
DUPLICATE VENDORS IN THE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE MASTER VENDOR LIST
The Authority’s accounts payable master vendor list has
duplicate vendors.
During our testing of the master vendor list, we noted of
the 7,324 vendor records there were 2,042 duplicate records (28%) representing
602 vendors. The vendors had the same
name but were given different vendor identification numbers in the accounts
payable system. Below is a breakdown of
instances of duplication:
• 24 vendors were in the system 10 times or more
• 45 vendors were in the system 5 to 9 times
• 533 vendors were in the system 2 to 4 times
Without adequate procedures to prevent multiple vendors from
being created in the accounts payable system or to detect and purge multiple
vendors in the accounts payable system, there exists the risk of an accounting
error or a misappropriation of assets. (Finding 5, Page 74)
We recommended that the Authority implement procedures to
assign one vendor identification number per vendor to prevent multiple vendors
from being created on the system. We
also recommended that the Authority implement procedures to review the master
vendor list regularly and purge duplicate vendor names from the system.
Authority officials concurred with the recommendation and
stated that they will be implementing procedures to manage the vendor
identification numbers assigned to vendors to prevent multiple vendors in the
accounts payable system.
LACK OF A FORMAL PROCESS TO EVALUATE AND ESTIMATE ALLOWANCE
FOR LOAN LOSS IN THE SINGLE FAMILY LOAN PROGRAM
The Authority did not have a formal process to evaluate and
estimate allowance for loan losses for the Single Family Loan Program.
In previous years, the Authority carried pool insurance on
100% of its Single Family Program loans.
With pool insurance, the Authority was able to recover all losses and,
therefore, a separate loan loss reserve was not necessary.
During our review of the draft financial statements for the
year ended June 30, 2010, we noted that the Authority had 673 loans totaling
$65,525,828 in the Single Family Loan Fund that were not covered by pool
insurance. The Authority attempted, but
could not obtain pool insurance on these loans due to poor economic conditions.
By not having the pool insurance, there is a risk that some of the loan
receivable balances might not be collected.
In the past, the Authority relied on 100% of the loan
portfolio being covered by pool insurance.
This past practice did not require an estimate to be recorded for loan
losses. Since the Authority did not have
a formal process to estimate loan losses in the Single Family Program Fund,
they used industry data for similar entities and recorded an adjustment for an
allowance in the amount of $1,324,389. (Finding 6, pages 75-76)
We recommended the Authority develop a formal process to
evaluate and estimate the allowance for loan loss for the Single Family Program
Fund.
The Authority concurred with the recommendation and stated
that they will evaluate the loss history and performance of the portfolio to
develop policies and procedures to estimate an allowance for loan loss.
OTHER FINDINGS
The remaining findings are reportedly being given attention
by the Authority. We will review the
Authority’s progress towards the implementation of our recommendations in our
next engagement.
AUDITORS’ OPINION
Our auditors state the June 30, 2010 financial statements of
the Illinois Housing Development Authority are presented fairly in all material
respects.
WILLIAM G. HOLLAND
Auditor General
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SPECIAL ASSISTANT AUDITORS
McGladrey & Pullen LLP were our Special Assistant
Auditors for this engagement.
DIGEST FOOTNOTES
#1 –Loan Receivable
Balance and Allowance for Loan Loss Balance Overstated – Previous Authority
Response
2009: The Authority concurs with the recommendation and will continue to work with the Attorney General’s Office to obtain approvals to write-off the uncollectible loan balances.