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  • Recommendation Number: 2025-BO-0002-001-C
  • Status: Open
  • Date Issued: March 11, 2025

We recommend that HUD’s General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development develop guidance clarifying the use of the exhibit for on-site, hybrid, and remote monitoring to ensure a full review of grantees’ compliance with civil rights requirements, and incorporate this guidance into the training developed as a result of recommendation 1A.

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2025-BO-0002 | March 11, 2025

HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development Can Improve Its Monitoring of Civil Rights Compliance

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Community Planning and Development’s (CPD) monitoring of grantees’ compliance with civil rights requirements. Our audit focused on the Community Development Block Grant (… more

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Community Planning and Development

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2025-BO-0002-001-A

    We recommend that HUD’s General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development implement training on civil rights monitoring reviews. Additionally, CPD should ensure that training on civil rights monitoring reviews is regularly provided to CPD staff.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2025-BO-0002-001-B
    Closed on March 11, 2025

    We recommend that HUD’s General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development implement updated guidance and protocols for monitoring civil rights compliance and require CPD staff to incorporate civil rights monitoring into the risk analysis process.