Evaluate the training of West Warwick’s board of commissioners and determine whether additional training is required or other changes are appropriate.

.Develop and implement written policies and procedures to ensure that each Housing Choice Voucher program tenant file has an appropriately documented rent reasonableness determination.

Develop and implement written policies and procedures to ensure that each public housing unit has an annual inspection, which is appropriately documented in the tenant file.

Determine whether tenants were underpaid for utility allowances and if so, reimburse the tenants from non-Federal funds.

Evaluate the training of West Warwick employees and determine what additional training is necessary..

Provide documentation to support that $18,501 in credit card charges was spent for reasonable and necessary costs. Any amount that cannot be supported should be repaid from non-Federal funds and returned to the Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.

Provide documentation to support that $4,530 in petty cash funds was spent for reasonable and necessary costs. Any amount that cannot be supported should be repaid from non-Federal funds and returned to the Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs.

Develop and maintain property records and conduct an inventory in accordance with Federal regulations.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to reimburse its CDBG line of credit for $568,629 in ineligible costs for its violation of procurement requirements. Reimbursement must be from non-Federal funds.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to reimburse its CDBG line of credit for $572,929 in ineligible costs for its violation of Federal requirements and procurement procedures when it acquired a property with CDBG funding. Reimbursement must be from non-Federal funds.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to implement technical assistance and guidance received from HUD to ensure compliance with requirements.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to obtain technical assistance from HUD related to differentiating between subrecipients and contractors and ensuring that the correct procurement requirements are followed when obtaining a subrecipient or contractor.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to update its CDBG written agreements to include the specific language required.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to develop contracts to include all Federal requirements and to be signed by both the City and the contractors awarded bids with CDBG funding.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to amend and implement its conflict-of-interest policy and procedures to ensure that it complies with Federal conflict-of-interest requirements and includes elected and appointed positions.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to support that environmental requirements and client eligibility were met for dental services or repay $59,604 to its CDBG line of credit from non-Federal funds.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to support that environmental requirements were met for the roof replacement of a food bank or repay $260,000 to its CDBG line of credit from non-Federal funds.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to support that environmental requirements were met for homeowner rehabilitation or repay $181,053 to its CDBG line of credit from non-Federal funds.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to reimburse its CDBG line of credit for $73,186 in ineligible costs for its statutory violation of environmental requirements when it rehabilitated a home without completing the environmental review. Reimbursement must be from non-Federal funds.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to provide training for staff members to ensure that they know their roles and responsibilities with respect to CDBG program oversight and that documentation and other requirements are met.