CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN FOR FINDINGS REPORTED UNDER UNIFORM GUIDANCE Spokane Housing Authority January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 This schedule presents the corrective action planned by the Housing Authority for findings reported in this report in accordance with Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal R...
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN FOR FINDINGS REPORTED UNDER UNIFORM GUIDANCE Spokane Housing Authority January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 This schedule presents the corrective action planned by the Housing Authority for findings reported in this report in accordance with Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Finding ref number: 2022-01 Finding caption: The Housing Authority had inadequate internal controls for ensuring compliance with Housing Quality Standards enforcement requirements of its Housing Voucher Cluster program. Name, address, and telephone of Housing Authority contact person: Kathy Clark, Finance Director 25 W. Nora Avenue Spokane, WA 99205 (509) 252-7109 Corrective action the auditee plans to take in response to the finding: Spokane Housing Authority acknowledges the above reference finding. Although personnel responsible for conducting the HQS inspections and ensuring owners corrected the cited life-threatening deficiencies were trained on policy and procedure, SHA did not establish the internal controls to ensure proper follow-up was made. In September 2022, SHA, established a Housing Support Specialist position, which will log life-threatening HQS deficiencies as documented on the HQS inspector?s reports daily and follow-up with the landlord within the 24-hour timeframe to ensure that repairs have been addressed and completed. If repairs have been made pursuant to the directive given by the inspector, then a letter will be sent to the landlord and tenant indicating that the 24-hour hazards have been fixed. If the landlord fails to comply within the 24-hour timeframe, then the unit fails, and a Notice of Termination of HAP letter will be sent to the landlord and tenant. SHA will work with the tenant to start the process of locating a new unit that passes HQS. The log of deficiencies will be reviewed by the Inspections Coordinator regularly as an additional internal control. Anticipated date to complete the corrective action: January 1, 2023