Provide training to code enforcement staff on HUD CDBG regulations and requirements.
Publication Report
2018-LA-1004 | April 27, 2018
The City of Moreno Valley, CA, Did Not Administer Its Code Enforcement Program in Accordance with HUD Requirements
We audited the City of Moreno Valley’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, based on a referral from the Office of the Inspector General’s Los Angeles Office of Investigation, identifying the concerns of the Los Angeles Office of Community… moreRelated Recommendations
Community Planning and Development
- Status2018-LA-1004-001-AOpenClosedClosed on August 06, 2019$797,222.00Questioned 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 the $797,222 in code enforcement costs, including meeting code enforcement and salary and benefits requirements, or repay its program from non-Federal funds.
Develop and implement written policies and procedures to define deteriorated or deteriorating areas, which would apply to its CDBG-eligible target areas, and establish a written plan for using the program, in conjunction with public or private improvements, rehabilitation, or services, that may be expected to arrest the decline in CDBG-eligible target areas.
Develop and implement written procedures and controls to properly track and charge code enforcement officers’ costs among different CDBG activities and other funding sources.