The City of Providence, RI, Did Not Properly Administer Its HOME Program
Determine the total supported development costs for the completed HOME activities and calculate and obtain any program income due to the HOME program.
Open Recommendation
The City of Providence, RI, Did Not Properly Administer Its HOME Program
Support that City officials properly administered the HOME program and earned $338,665 in HOME administrative fees or repay from non-Federal funds any amount that cannot be supported.
Open Recommendation
The City of Providence, RI, Did Not Properly Administer Its HOME Program
Develop and implement tools to improve record-keeping practices to support the eligibility, necessity, and reasonableness of the HOME activities.
Open Recommendation
The City of Providence, RI, Did Not Properly Administer Its HOME Program
Request that HUD headquarters recalculate the City’s commitment shortfall for program year 2013 based on the lack of the amendment with the City’s subrecipient and for the projects that were not properly committed.
Open Recommendation
The City of Providence, RI, Did Not Properly Administer Its HOME Program
Provide technical assistance to the City to ensure that City officials responsible for administering the HOME program receive necessary HOME program training.
Open Recommendation
The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to reimburse from non-Federal funds $153,279 spent on ineligible costs for duplicate and preaward costs of an economic development loan ($99,616), non-Federal City salary costs ($46 Read More
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The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to provide documentation to justify the $291,236 in unsupported costs related to disbursements made to the City’s public services subrecipient. Any costs determined to be Read More
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The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to provide documentation in the loan file that HUD approved the withdrawal of funds after the required deadline, and provide an explanation and obtain approval for the untimely Read More
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The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to strengthen controls to ensure compliance with Section 108 contract provisions and regulations requiring disbursement of funds in a timely manner after drawdown.
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The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to reimburse the $1,500,000 in CDBG funds spent for the delinquent float loan that defaulted in 1998 through one of the options identified in HUD regulations so that it can be Read More
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The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to implement procedures to ensure that any future CDBG float-funded activities are administered in accordance with HUD regulations requiring that the annual action plan identify Read More
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The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to develop and implement procedures to ensure that the City’s liens related to HUD-funded loans are not released without repayment or evidence of due diligence to address delinquent Read More
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The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to provide documentation to support that the $1,166,000 public facilities and improvements procurement contract price was fair and reasonable and that the sole-source method used Read More
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The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to implement procedures to ensure that all HUD-funded procurement is performed in accordance with regulations at 24 CFR 85.36, which require that sealed bid procurements be Read More
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The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to strengthen procedures over subrecipient monitoring to ensure that onsite visits are conducted for all CDBG subrecipients annually as specified in the agreements and that Read More
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The City of San Bernardino, CA, Did Not Fully Administer Its HOME Investment Partnerships Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Repay its program $22,402 for duplicative charges to HOME activity 2292 from non-Federal funds.
Open Recommendation
The City of San Bernardino, CA, Did Not Fully Administer Its HOME Investment Partnerships Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Update and implement changes to the City’s HOME and grants management policies and procedures to prevent similar errors and ensure that HOME draws are accurate and in accordance with HUD requirements.
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The City of South Gate, CA, Did Not Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Provide documentation to support the $811,325 in code enforcement costs (activities 591, 619, and 645), including meeting code enforcement and salary and benefit requirements,4 or repay the program from non-Federal funds.
Open Recommendation
The City of South Gate, CA, Did Not Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Develop and implement a targeted code enforcement strategy that specifies deteriorating or deteriorated areas where code enforcement would be expected to arrest decline. The strategy should include a description of public or private improvements, rehabilitation, or services that would help Read More
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The City of South Gate, CA, Did Not Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that code enforcement salaries and benefits are charged and documented in accordance with program requirements.
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