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 Read More
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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 Read More
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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 Read More
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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 Read More
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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 Read More
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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 Read More
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The City of San Bernardino, CA, Did Not Fully Administer Its HOME Investment Partnerships Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Repay its program $22,402 for duplicative charges to HOME activity 2292 from non-Federal funds.
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The City of San Bernardino, CA, Did Not Fully Administer Its HOME Investment Partnerships Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Update and implement changes to the City’s HOME and grants management policies and procedures to prevent similar errors and ensure that HOME draws are accurate and in accordance with HUD requirements.
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The City of South Gate, CA, Did Not Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Provide documentation to support the $811,325 in code enforcement costs (activities 591, 619, and 645), including meeting code enforcement and salary and benefit requirements,4 or repay the program from non-Federal funds.
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The City of South Gate, CA, Did Not Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Develop and implement a targeted code enforcement strategy that specifies deteriorating or deteriorated areas where code enforcement would be expected to arrest decline. The strategy should include a description of public or private improvements, rehabilitation, or services that would help Read More
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The City of South Gate, CA, Did Not Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that code enforcement salaries and benefits are charged and documented in accordance with program requirements.
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The City of South Gate, CA, Did Not Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Provide documentation to support $285,496 in graffiti abatement expenditures or repay the program from non-Federal funds (appendix D).
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The City of South Gate, CA, Did Not Administer Its Community Development Block Grant Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Develop and implement procedures and controls to ensure that graffiti abatement expenditures, including salaries and benefits, are accurately charged to CDBG grants and properly supported.
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Clark County, NV, Did Not Always Use Community Development Block Grant Funds in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Support the reasonableness of the amount paid for the food facility consolidation and expansion project or repay the program $1,663,758 from non-Federal funds.
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Clark County, NV, Did Not Always Use Community Development Block Grant Funds in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Correct any citations from the Southern Nevada Health District at the Pettiti public pool before May 2017 using non-Federal funds or repay the entire project cost of $596,126 from non-Federal funds and support the reasonableness of the change orders for the Pettiti pool project or repay the Read More
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Clark County, NV, Did Not Always Use Community Development Block Grant Funds in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Support the cost reasonableness of $2,809 in change orders for the ADA pool improvement project or repay the program from non-Federal funds.
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Clark County, NV, Did Not Always Use Community Development Block Grant Funds in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Provide supporting documentation for $4,955 in unsupported costs or repay the program from non-Federal funds.
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Clark County, NV, Did Not Always Use Community Development Block Grant Funds in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Provide support showing that the ADA pool improvement project allows equal and independent access for people with disabilities through a third party or correct the access issue.
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Clark County, NV, Did Not Always Use Community Development Block Grant Funds in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Develop and implement procurement policies and procedures for monitoring subrecipients to ensure that the scope of work developed by its subrecipients is sufficiently detailed to allow contractors to submit informed bids, reducing the number of change orders after the contract, and that its Read More
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Clark County, NV, Did Not Always Use Community Development Block Grant Funds in Accordance With HUD Requirements
Develop and implement policies and procedures that ensure labor wage interviews are completed and documented.
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