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Community Planning and Development

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    Status
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      Closed
    2018-CH-1008-001-A

    Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that it obtains and reviews source documentation, such as invoices and time sheets, to support that expenses are eligible before providing Block Grant funds to the corporation for housing repair services.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-CH-1008-001-B
    $5,810
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Reimburse its Block Grant program from non-Federal funds for the $5,810 it provided to the corporation for labor that exceeded actual labor costs (more than $4,800) and indirect costs associated with the excessive labor costs (nearly $1,000).

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-CH-1008-001-C
    $338,904
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Review the labor costs associated with the remaining 1,645 (1,668 - 23 reviewed) jobs that we did not review to determine whether the Block Grant funds it provided the corporation for labor exceeded the actual labor costs for each job. If the labor exceeded the actual labor cost for a job, the County should reimburse its Block Grant program from non-Federal funds for the excessive labor costs and the indirect costs associated with the excessive labor costs that the County provided to the corporation.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-CH-1008-001-D

    Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that it does not provide the corporation Block Grant funds for excessive labor costs.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-CH-1008-001-E

    Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that sufficient documentation is maintained to support that the cost of materials and services acquired for the program is reasonable.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-CH-1008-001-F
    $182
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Reimburse its Block Grant program from non-Federal funds for the $182 it provided to the corporation for a 4 percent surcharge that was inappropriately included on all materials.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-CH-1008-001-G
    $6,140
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Support or reimburse its Block Grant program from non-Federal funds for the $6,140 it provided to the corporation for indirect costs for which the corporation lacked sufficient documentation to support whether the indirect costs included lobbying-related expenses.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-CH-1008-001-H
    $1,541
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Support or reimburse its Block Grant program from non-Federal funds for the $1,541 it provided to the corporation for jobs for which the corporation lacked sufficient income documentation to support that the households were eligible for assistance.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-CH-1008-001-I

    Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that sufficient income documentation is maintained to ensure that households are eligible for assistance under the program and income is verified in accordance with HUD’s requirements and the subrecipient agreement.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-CH-1008-001-J

    Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that it properly documents compliance with HUD’s environmental review procedures before the start of each job.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-CH-1008-001-K

    Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that third emergency repairs are documented in writing and reported to the County before completion of assistance in accordance with the subrecipient agreement.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-CH-1008-001-L
    $4,953
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Support or reimburse its Block Grant program from non-Federal funds for the $4,953 it provided to the corporation for one job for which the corporation lacked sufficient documentation to support that a member of the household was physically disabled.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-CH-1008-001-M

    Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that sufficient documentation is maintained to support that accessibility modifications are provided only to households with at least one member who is physically disabled.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-CH-1008-001-N
    $4,127
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Reimburse its Block Grant program from non-Federal funds for the $4,127 it inappropriately provided to the corporation due to not ensuring that the corporation reduced all of its program income from its invoices for housing repair services.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-CH-1008-001-O
    $107
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Support or reimburse its Block Grant program from non-Federal funds for the $107 it provided to the corporation for the January 2016 invoice that the corporation generally could not explain.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-CH-1008-001-P

    Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that the corporation reduces program income from its invoices for housing repair services.

Community Planning and Development

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-NY-1007-001-A
    $594,012
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs require the City to provide documentation to show that the $594,012 disbursed due to the use of multipliers was for eligible, reasonable, necessary, and supported costs or reimburse its program from non-Federal funds.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-NY-1007-001-B
    $2,689
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs require the City to provide documentation to show that the $2,689 disbursed due to a higher than required overtime rate was supported by documentation from the trade unions or reimburse its program from non-Federal funds.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-NY-1007-001-C
    $1,198
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs require the City to reimburse its program $1,198 from non-Federal funds for overpaid wages due to billing and payroll errors.

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    Status
      Open
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    2018-NY-1007-001-D
    $544
    Funds Put to Better Use

    Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.

    We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs require the City to pay $544 in unpaid wages to the subcontractors of the affected employees and submit evidence that these employees have been paid.