Provide training to its staff on CDBG program rules and requirements to ensure that its staff adequately implements policies and procedures.

Identify the national objective met for the park project or repay the program $2,000,000 from non-Federal funds.

Develop monitoring practices to ensure that all projects that use limited clientele criteria exclusively serve the specific population claimed.

Repay $48,323 to the program from non-Federal funds for non-program-related payroll costs.

Determine the allocable amount of CDBG payroll costs for the employees who worked on CDBG and non-CDBG activities and adjust the funding amount as necessary or repay the program $573,064 from non-Federal funds.

Repay $71,397 to the program from non-Federal funds for the use of CDBG funds for code enforcement costs related to general government expenses.

Revise its code enforcement program to meet CDBG requirements for the remaining $33,603 budgeted or amend the use of the funding to another CDBG-eligible activity.

Determine the CDBG proportional benefit of the $329 charged for indirect automotive costs and repay the program any unsupported charges using non-Federal funds.

Obtain training or technical assistance from HUD concerning CDBG code enforcement, allocation of payroll, and indirect administrative costs.

Support the $126,824 in total incentive payments. For any amount it cannot support, HUD should require the project development group, LP, to pay the equivalent, from any of its reserves other than reserve for replacement, toward the project mortgage principle.

Develop and implement controls over its incentives program, including record-keeping requirements; defined processes, such as a detailed checklist of available incentives, including monetary limits; and supervisory review requirements.

Require the Authority to support the $9,608 payment with the required 2 years of average annual net earnings. For any amount that cannot be supported, HUD should require the Oak Towers Housing Development Group, LP, to pay the equivalent, from any of its reserves other than reserve for Read More

Take appropriate administrative actions against Authority staff for noncompliance.

Procure appropriate HUD-approved investment accounts and move all Federal funds from the STAR Ohio investment accounts to HUD-approved accounts to ensure that $20,706,862 or the current balance of the STAR Ohio accounts is properly protected.

Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that the Authority complies with HUD’s requirements for its investments of Federal funds.

Ensure that its staff is properly trained and familiar with HUD’s requirements to ensure that it properly procures and invests Federal funds in HUD-approved investment accounts.

Ensure that the proceeds from the sale of Bollinger Tower proceeds are moved into a separate HUD-approved restricted investment account and appropriately recorded in a restricted account in the general ledger.

Implement adequate policies and procedures to ensure that future proceeds from the disposition or sale of public housing are appropriately recorded and reported in the Authority’s books of record and annual audited financial statements and HUD’s Financial Data Schedule system.

Ensure that its staff is appropriately trained and familiar with HUD’s requirements to ensure that proceeds from future dispositions or sales of public housing property or other HUD assets are appropriately recorded and reported.

Determine the source of funds for the Waggoner Senior Housing note to ensure that the funds were loaned appropriately and that when payments are received, the payments are applied to the appropriate account. If the source of funds cannot be determined, the Authority should reimburse its program $ Read More