We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to reimburse its CDBG line of credit for $507,218 in ineligible costs for its violation of its home rehabilitation policy Read More

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to reimburse its CDBG line of credit for $110,647 in ineligible costs for the rehabilitation costs that exceeded the Read More

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to reimburse its CDBG line of credit for $474 in ineligible costs for violation of Federal travel regulations. Read More

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to reclassify the $9,476 to program administration and recalculate its cap to determine whether it exceeded the allowed 20 Read More

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to support payroll wages charged to the CDBG grant or repay $69,254 to its CDBG line of credit from non-Federal funds.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to implement recommendations made from its internal and external auditors that will ensure compliance with applicable Read More

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to support that subrecipient 1 met a national objective, environmental requirements, and client eligibility or repay $123, Read More

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to support that subrecipient 2 met a national objective, environmental requirements, and client eligibility or repay $69, Read More

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to support that subrecipient 3 met a national objective, environmental requirements, and client eligibility or repay $304, Read More

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to reimburse its CDBG line of credit for $565 in ineligible costs for its failure to provide subrecipient oversight, which Read More

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to reimburse its CDBG line of credit for $1,400 in ineligible costs for its failure to provide subrecipient oversight, Read More

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development require the City of Albuquerque’s Department of Family and Community Services to develop and implement written CDBG policies and procedures, which detail the requirements, including but not limited to Read More

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Albuquerque Office of Community Planning and Development continue to classify the City of Albuquerque as a high risk grantee until such time as HUD has determined the City has implemented an effective program in compliance with all requirements.

Provide adequate monitoring to the Land Bank to ensure that the subrecipient follows Federal regulations as required, including policies and procedures to help verify subrecipient compliance or address any deficiencies in need of correcting, such as annual audits, financial management systems, and Read More

Provide adequate support for expenses totaling $48,985. Any expenses that are not supported should be repaid to the appropriate NSP grant from non-Federal funds.

Ensure that the Land Bank completes and clears all outstanding annual audits for fiscal years 2012 through 2016.

Ensure that the Land Bank develops and implements adequate financial and file management policies and procedures to ensure that files are auditable and financial records adequately identify the source and application of federally sponsored activities in accordance with Federal regulations.

Reprogram the remaining NSP1 funds of $219,851 and NSP3 funds of $28,745 to another subrecipient or developer or return the funds to the U.S. Treasury.

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to expend or reprogram to other eligible program activities the $2,451,645 in CDBG program income maintained in the City’s community development bank accounts as of June 30, 2013, Read More

We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Buffalo Office of Community Planning and Development instruct City officials to Provide documentation to justify the $177,923 unsupported difference between the City’s CDBG program income balance in IDIS and its bank account balances as of June 30, 2013. Read More