Support or repay HUD $17,025 from non-Federal funds for the questioned payroll costs charged to the programs.

Develop and implement written policies and procedures to ensure accurate and complete reporting of staff hours charged to each program.

Support the validity of its indirect cost allocations or repay HUD $8,605 from non-Federal funds.

Develop and implement an indirect cost allocation plan, which ensures that indirect costs are charged to the correct program.

Provide technical assistance to the Community to ensure that its staff receives training on documentation of matching contributions and the use of program funds.

Reclassify the $28,576 as program income to the specific permanent supportive housing program that generated it and ensure these funds are used for that specific program.

Develop and implement written policies and procedures to ensure that all program income is recorded and used in accordance with HUD requirements.

Support that $2,687 in payments to the board member for legal services was allowed through a HUD-approved waiver that occurred before the legal services or repay HUD from non-Federal funds.

Work with the City of Denver Office of Economic Development to recapture $37,000 in HOME funds not properly used for the affordable housing projects.

Require Del Norte to develop policies and procedures to prevent ineligible affordability period transfers.

Take appropriate enforcement actions against the responsible parties and pursue civil action against the owner for improperly certifying to the eligibility of the project residents.

Pursue administrative actions, as appropriate, against the responsible parties for the improper certification included in form HUD-50059 and the Section 8 project-based voucher housing assistance payments contract.

Acknowledge that the attached settlement agreement of $325,000 represents an amount due HUD from Pacific Horizon.

Acknowledge that the attached settlement agreement for $15,000 represents an amount due HUD from the two loan officers.

Acknowledge that $3,375,163 in the attached settlement agreement represents an amount due HUD, less DOJ’s civil debt collection fees

Acknowledge that the $6,749,673 in the attached indemnification agreement represents an amount due HUD.

Acknowledge that $32,500,000 in the attached settlement agreement represents an amount due HUD, less DOJ’s civil debt collection fees.

We recommend that the Director of the Office of Block Grant Assistance require the Texas General Land Office to implement appropriate cost controls, including limits for reconstruction and rehabilitation costs, to ensure that it uses limited government resources in a more economical and efficient manner. Those costs should not exceed the costs that would be incurred by a prudent person under similar circumstances.

We recommend that the Director of the Office of Block Grant Assistance require the Texas General Land Office to evaluate whether its programs would benefit from a longer affordability period and take appropriate actions to ensure that low- and moderate-income communities have access to affordable homes for an adequate period.

We recommend that the Director of the Office of Block Grant Assistance require the Texas General Land Office to ensure that the tax burden implications are a part of the determination of whether to spend significantly more than the damaged home’s appraised value to replace the home. This measure would include ensuring that participants are fully informed of the substantial and material property tax consequences that they could incur based on the increased values of their reconstructed homes (appendix B).