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  • Recommendation Number: 2024-FW-0001-001-B
  • Status: Open
  • Date Issued: October 20, 2023

We recommend that the Director, Office of Disaster Recovery, develop and implement a process to review grantees’ detailed procedures for preventing duplication of benefits and require grantees to correct any deficiencies identified in the review before grantees process applications for assistance.

Publication Report

2024-FW-0001 | October 24, 2023

Preventing Duplication of Benefits When Using Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recover and Mitigation Funds 

We performed an audit examining HUD’s efforts to prevent duplication of benefits when using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery and Mitigation funds.  Our objective was to determine how the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban… more

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Community Planning and Development

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-FW-0001-001-A

    We recommend that the Director, Office of Disaster Recovery, perform monitoring of or otherwise review grantees’ detailed procedures for preventing duplication of benefits for each grant activity within the first year after HUD signs the grant agreement or before grantees process applications for assistance, whichever occurs first.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2024-FW-0001-001-C
    Closed on October 23, 2024

    We recommend that the Director, Office of Disaster Recovery, for future grants, develop and implement procedures to ensure that all applicable requirements for preventing any duplication of benefits are included in the adequacy criteria, grantee certifications, and HUD review checklists supporting the certification.