HUD OIG audited the City of Augusta's HOME Investment Partnerships program. The audit was part of the activities in the fiscal year 2007 annual audit plan. The objectives were to determine whether the City complied with HOME program requirements for commitments, production and completion of project activities, and eligibility and support of project costs. The City's controls over its HOME program were inadequate. As a result, more than...

We completed an audit of the operations of the City of Troy, New York (the City), pertaining to its administration of its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. The objective of our audit was to determine whether the City administered its CDBG program in an effective and efficient manner in compliance with applicable HUD rules and regulations. The audit disclosed that the City generally complied with HUD program requirements when...

This is the tenth report in our ongoing audits of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation's (the auditee) administration of the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Assistance funds provided to the State of New York. During our audit period, April 1, 2007, through September 30, 2007, the auditee disbursed approximately $132.7 million of the $2.783 billion funds appropriated. The objectives of this audit were to determine...

As part of HUD OIG's strategic plan, we audited Fulton County's (County) HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) program. Our audit objectives were to determine whether the County complied with HOME program requirements for review and approval of project activities, commitments, completion of project activities, eligibility and reasonableness of project costs, and matching funds. The County did not properly manage its HOME program and...

As part of HUD OIG's strategic plan, an audit was conducted of HUD's Atlanta Office of Public and Indian Housing oversight of the Housing Authority of DeKalb County's compliance with its memorandum of agreement. The primary objective was to determine whether Public Housing adequately monitored the Authority's implementation of operating improvements required in the agreement. Specifically, the objective was to determine...

We completed an audit of Richard A. Hutchens and Associates (agent) pertaining to its management of the financial operations of Cayuga Village and Touraine Apartments. The objectives of our audit were to determine whether the agent used project funds in accordance with the regulatory agreement and HUD requirements. Specifically, to determine whether the agent (1) provided adequate documentation to support the reasonableness of payments made to...

We completed an audit of the City of New Rochelle, located in New Rochelle, New York, in order to evaluate its administration of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME). The objectives of the audit were to determine whether the City of New Rochelle (1) committed and expended HOME funds in accordance with HUD rules and regulations, (2) disbursed funds for only eligible activities, and (3) used funds for eligible administrative and...

During the ninth in our series of on-going audits of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation's (LMDC) administration of the $2.783 billion of Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Assistance funds provided to the State of New York following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, we noted that the final action plan approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...

During the eighth in our series of ongoing audits of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation's (LMDC) administration of the $2.783 billion in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Assistance funds provided to the State of New York following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, we identified a concern about whether certain activities, for which funds have been disbursed and...