Recommendation: We recommend that the Authority reviews its internal controls over obtaining and maintaining income and expense tenant file documentation to ensure compliance with eligibility requirements. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit findi...
Recommendation: We recommend that the Authority reviews its internal controls over obtaining and maintaining income and expense tenant file documentation to ensure compliance with eligibility requirements. Explanation of disagreement with audit finding: There is no disagreement with the audit finding. Action taken in response to finding: Huntsville Housing Authority (HHA) is restructuring the Assisted Housing Department to add additional management positions, implement comprehensive standard operating procedures, which will include clearly defined eligibility processes and enhanced quality control measures, to include, provisions to appropriately determine dependent allowances. Management will conduct oversight of key functions, data entry, and maintain a consistent review of regulatory compliance. Management will complete more targeted and a higher number of internal quality control audits. Additionally, HHA will increase staff training on income, assets, expenses, deductions and rent calculations. This approach will also include obtaining and maintaining the correct backup and support documentation. HHA will also contract with a Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) consultant to provide additional training to the Assisted Housing management team. HHA is committed to ensuring that all employees have proper training in all components of the HCV program Name(s) of the contact person(s) responsible for corrective action: Turkessa Coleman Lacey, Deputy Executive Director