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The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority Did Not Effectively Monitor Its CDBG-DR Activities

We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary instruct the Authority to revise subrecipient agreements to include performance metrics and milestones tailored to the activity in sufficient detail to enable the Authority to collect information to effectively assess the activity’s performance.

The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority Did Not Effectively Monitor Its CDBG-DR Activities

We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary instruct the Authority to develop and implement monitoring policies and detailed procedures to guide the Authority’s CMU staff in assessing activity performance to meet the subrecipient monitoring requirements and establish written performance metrics to progressively achieve the performance outcome for those activities the Authority administers.

The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority's Administration of Its Non-Federal Match Program for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funds Had Weaknesses

We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary instruct the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority to revise its policies and procedures to include requirements to document its basis for activities’ meeting the national objective, including the rationale for the service area used and a list of acceptable documents to support that the area was primarily residential for the low- and moderate- income area benefit national objective.

The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority's Administration of Its Non-Federal Match Program for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funds Had Weaknesses

We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary instruct the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority to develop and implement detailed policies and procedures to guide staff in reporting performance outcomes in the QPR and on its disaster recovery website.

The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority's Administration of Its Non-Federal Match Program for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funds Had Weaknesses

We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary instruct the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority to develop and implement procedures to ensure that all Match Program activities are monitored, and guidance is provided to its Match Program recipients.

The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority's Administration of Its Non-Federal Match Program for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funds Had Weaknesses

We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary instruct the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority to develop and implement procedures, including financial controls, to enhance its tracking of payments made with CDBG-DR funds and payments made with FEMA funds to ensure that payments are not made for the same invoices, match requirements are not exceeded before closeout, and a thorough review is conducted for award increases and cost reasonableness.