The City of Niagara Falls Had Weaknesses in Controls Over CDBG Funded Subgrantee-Administered Rehabilitation Activities
We recommend that the Director of the HUD's Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to provide documentation to adequately support that $70,538 disbursed and $150,000 obligated were for eligible costs. Any costs determined to be ineligible should be reimbursed from non-Federal funds.
The City of Niagara Falls Had Weaknesses in Controls Over CDBG Funded Subgrantee-Administered Rehabilitation Activities
We recommend that the Director of the HUD's Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to strengthen monitoring procedures for CDBG-funded subgrantees to ensure compliance with program requirements.
The City of Niagara Falls Had Weaknesses in Controls Over CDBG Funded Subgrantee-Administered Rehabilitation Activities
We recommend that the Director of the HUD's Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to reprogram unexpended funds of $2,516 on a subgrantee agreement that expired June 30, 2015, for use by other eligible CDBG activities so that these funds are put to better use.
The City of Niagara Falls Had Weaknesses in Controls Over CDBG Funded Subgrantee-Administered Rehabilitation Activities
We recommend that the Director of the HUD's Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to spend program income of $113,733 on eligible CDBG activities before drawing down additional CDBG entitlement funds, thus ensuring that these funds are put to better use.
The City of Niagara Falls Had Weaknesses in Controls Over CDBG Funded Subgrantee-Administered Rehabilitation Activities
We recommend that the Director of the HUD's Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to implement procedures to ensure that program income received by subgrantees is properly reported in HUD's integrated Disbursement and Information System and spent before funds are drawn down from the U.S. Treasury.
The City of Niagara Falls Had Weaknesses in Controls Over CDBG Funded Subgrantee-Administered Rehabilitation Activities
We recommend that the Director of the HUD's Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to strengthen subgrant procedures to ensure that all required documents are received, explanations are obtained when prior performance does not meet goals, and subgrants are executed in a timely manner.
The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to reimburse from non-Federal funds $153,279 spent on ineligible costs for duplicate and preaward costs of an economic development loan ($99,616), non-Federal City salary costs ($46,324), and duplicate subrecipient costs ($7,339).
The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to provide documentation to justify the $291,236 in unsupported costs related to disbursements made to the City’s public services subrecipient. Any costs determined to be inadequately supported should be reimbursed from non-Federal funds.
The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to provide documentation in the loan file that HUD approved the withdrawal of funds after the required deadline, and provide an explanation and obtain approval for the untimely disbursement of the $6,724,820 after it had been drawn down. Any costs determined to be inadequately supported should be reimbursed from non-Federal…
The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to strengthen controls to ensure compliance with Section 108 contract provisions and regulations requiring disbursement of funds in a timely manner after drawdown.
The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to reimburse the $1,500,000 in CDBG funds spent for the delinquent float loan that defaulted in 1998 through one of the options identified in HUD regulations so that it can be closed out as bad debt, thereby making the funds available for use on other eligible activities.
The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to implement procedures to ensure that any future CDBG float-funded activities are administered in accordance with HUD regulations requiring that the annual action plan identify the float-funded activity and a commitment to undertake one of the options listed in the regulations if the funds are unable to be repaid within the…
The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to develop and implement procedures to ensure that the City’s liens related to HUD-funded loans are not released without repayment or evidence of due diligence to address delinquent, outstanding loans.
The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to provide documentation to support that the $1,166,000 public facilities and improvements procurement contract price was fair and reasonable and that the sole-source method used was justified. Any costs determined not to be fair and reasonable should be reimbursed from non-Federal funds.
The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to implement procedures to ensure that all HUD-funded procurement is performed in accordance with regulations at 24 CFR 85.36, which require that sealed bid procurements be adequately advertised and involve at least two bids and that independent estimates be documented before bids or proposals are received.
The City of Rochester, NY Did Not Always Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to strengthen procedures over subrecipient monitoring to ensure that onsite visits are conducted for all CDBG subrecipients annually as specified in the agreements and that monitoring efforts are adequately tracked.
The City of Jersey City's Administration of Its Lead Paint Activities Did Not Comply With Federal and New Jersey State Requirements
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Newark, NJ, Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to collect and test lead dust samples from the floors and window sills of the 27 homeowner units that received CDBG funds in program years 2012 and 2013 to ensure that the lead dust does not exceed the allowable lead dust standards. If the tests reveal the existence of excessive lead dust, City officials need to reduce…
The City of Jersey City, NJ's Community Development Block Grant Program Had Administrative and Financial Control Weaknesses
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Newark, NJ, Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to reimburse the City’s CDBG local bank account for the $11,532,769 in uncollected program income generated from the disposition of real property previously assisted with CDBG funds, thus ensuring that these funds can be used for eligible activities.
The City of Jersey City, NJ's Community Development Block Grant Program Had Administrative and Financial Control Weaknesses
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Newark, NJ, Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to provide documentation to support whether $148,000 in CDBG program income was generated from the disposition of real properties acquired with CDBG funds so that HUD can determine eligibility. Any recognized program income should be reimbursed to the City’s local bank account and recorded in IDIS, thus ensuring that these…
The City of Jersey City, NJ's Community Development Block Grant Program Had Administrative and Financial Control Weaknesses
We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Newark, NJ, Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to record the mortgages on the five CDBG-assisted properties that were demolished and acquired with CDBG assistance of $1,475,674, thus ensuring that these properties are administered in compliance with program requirements.