We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs instruct State officials to provide documentation to support that the $85,309 disbursed for four applicants was calculated correctly. If adequate support cannot be provided, the amount should be repaid to the State’s line of credit from non-Federal funds.
Publication Report
2015-NY-1010 | September 17, 2015
New York State Did Not Always Administer Its Rising Home Enhanced Buyout Program in Accordance with Federal and State Regulations
We audited the New York Rising Home Enhanced Buyout Program to address the requirement that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General, monitor the expenditure of Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery… moreRelated Recommendations
Community Planning and Development
- Status2015-NY-1010-003-EOpenClosed$1,093,290.00Funds 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 instruct State officials to provide documentation that the selection of the appraiser in Staten Island was consistent with the other State agency’s contract provisions. If such documentation cannot be provided, the $1,093,290 budgeted should be deobligated, thus ensuring that the funds will be put to better use.