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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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San Bernardino County Grand Jury
• 2009-2010
Calendar Number of Year Departments
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Findings 3 findings
F1
Page 35
The EDA failed to monitor and enforce the affordability covenants as homes were sold or resold. There was little oversight of covenants during subsequent turnovers of home sales and few homes, (3 of 63), were bought by non-profit organizations within the city.
F2
Page 35
The EDA had no data base or process to track the Dollar Homes Program.
F3
Page 35
The EDA exercised limited oversight or vetting of future homebuyers. No first time homebuyer education or training was provided to program participants to the extent they were not low-income to moderate-income homebuyers seeking EDA Financial Assistance.
Recommendations 4
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R10-15Page 35Establish a data base which will track the critical program information for each home and a process for monitoring subsequent home sales.
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R10-16Page 35Include a detailed covenant history within the data base while filing with the County Recorder a “Notice of Affordability Covenant” on each property.
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R10-17Page 36Assure that all EDA partners are well versed in HUD or other program requirements.
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R10-18Page 36Institute an in-house program or engage an outside vendor to provide vetting and homeownership responsibility education for first-time homebuyers.
No Responses Found 1
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