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  • Recommendation Number: 2016-PH-0001-001-G
  • Status: Open
  • Date Issued: June 30, 2016

Direct field offices to include property acquisition and disposition activities as an area of special emphasis when assessing grantee risk and establishing their monitoring plans and grantee monitoring strategies.

Publication Report

2016-PH-0001 | June 30, 2016

HUD Did Not Always Provide Adequate Oversight of Property Acquisition and Disposition Activities

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant program’s property acquisition and disposition activities.  We conducted the audit as part of our annual audit plan.  Our audit objective… more

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2016-PH-0001-001-A
    $4,959,911.00
    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.

    Direct the New Orleans, LA, field office to enforce its monitoring findings and require the grantee to provide documentation to support costs totaling $4,959,911 or the grantee must reimburse its program from non-Federal funds for any costs that it cannot support.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2016-PH-0001-001-B
    $1,161,616.00
    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.

    Enforce the Miami, FL, field office’s monitoring findings and require the grantee to provide documentation to support costs totaling $1,161,616 or the grantee must reimburse its program from non-Federal funds for any costs that it cannot support.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2016-PH-0001-001-E
    $1,766,778.00
    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.

    Direct the Washington, DC, field office to require the grantee to provide documentation to support the $1,766,778 in unsupported payments identified or the grantee must reimburse its program from non-Federal funds for any costs that it cannot support.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2016-PH-0001-001-F
    $4,214.00
    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.

    Direct the Washington, DC, field office to require the grantee to repay its program $4,214 from non-Federal funds for the ineligible costs associated with activity 1515.