Nassau County, NY, Did Not Administer It's HOME Investment Partnerships Program in Accordance With HUD Requirements

Date Issued

Monday, May 13, 2013

Submitting OIG

Department of Housing and Urban Development OIG

Agencies Reviewed/Investigated

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Report Number

2013-NY-1006

Report Type

Audit

Agency Wide

Yes

Number of Recommendations

Questioned Costs

Funds for Better Use

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Open Recommendations

This report has 7 open recommendations.

Recommendation Number	Significant Recommendation	Recommended Questioned Costs	Recommended Funds for Better Use
2013-NY-1006-001-A	No	$189,322	$0
We recommend that the Director of HUD's New York Office of Community Planning and Development instruct County officials to provide documentation to justify the $189,322 in unsupported administrative and planning costs that was disbursed for employee salaries and fringe benefits. Any unsupported costs determined to be ineligible should be reimbursed from non-Federal funds.
2013-NY-1006-001-B	No	$78,530	$0
We recommend that the Director of HUD's New York Office of Community Planning and Development instruct County officials to reimburse from non-Federal funds $78,530 for ineligible home-buyer rehabilitation and demolition costs charged to the HOME program.
2013-NY-1006-001-C	No	$0	$31,470
We recommend that the Director of HUD's New York Office of Community Planning and Development instruct County officials to terminate the contract between the County and the Village of Freeport to rehabilitate and construct single-family public housing units to be sold to low-income residents. The remaining contract balance of $31,470 should be put to better use by reprogramming it for other eligible purposes.
2013-NY-1006-001-D	No	$1,264	$0
We recommend that the Director of HUD's New York Office of Community Planning and Development instruct County officials to provide documentation to justify the $1,264 in unsupported project delivery costs. Any unsupported costs determined to be ineligible should be reimbursed from non-Federal funds.
2013-NY-1006-002-A	No	$0	$0
We recommend that the Director of HUD's New York Office of Community Planning and Development instruct County officials to document their application review committee membership and provide evidence of the committee meetings and their evaluation and rating of subrecipients to fully support their funding recommendations.
2013-NY-1006-002-D	No	$0	$0
We recommend that the Director of HUD's New York Office of Community Planning and Development instruct County officials to develop controls to ensure that the County's recently established debarment verification procedures are implemented for all future procurement activity.
2013-NY-1006-003-C	No	$0	$0
We recommend that the Director of HUD's New York Office of Community Planning and Development instruct County officials to develop controls that will ensure that the County's decentralized record-keeping system is centralized for ready access to HOME documents.