Office of Audit and Evaluation Director

Office of Audit Services and Management Support MEMORANDUM To: Lelia Allen, Director Housing and Community Development Department From: Beryl H. Davis, CPA, CGFM, Director Office of Audit Services and Management Support Date: September 8, 2008 Re: Follow-Up of Housing Rehabilitation Management Study (Report No. 08-05M) Attached is a summary of the status of recommendations as determined from our follow-up review of the Housing Rehabilitation Management Study (Report No. 07-01M), issued August 30, 2007. Our review procedures consisted of staff inquiries, examination of certain documents and a review of the status of the recommendations provided by the Housing and Community Development Department. Twenty-eight of the 37 recommendations in the original report were implemented, six were partially implemented and the remaining three are planned for implementation. Most of the six partially implemented recommendations are related to the Department’s efforts to develop and improve their internal operating procedures. According to the Department’s management, the operating procedures have been drafted and are in the process of being reviewed by senior management. The Housing and Community Development Department indicated that all partially implemented recommendations and two out of the three recommendations planned for implementation are expected to be fully implemented by December 2008. We commend the Housing and Community ...