Finding ref number: 2025-002 Finding caption: The Housing Authority did not have adequate internal controls for ensuring compliance with Housing Quality Standard inspection requirements. Name, address, and telephone of Housing Authority contact person: Wendy Westby 600 Park Avenue Bremerton, WA 9833...
Finding ref number: 2025-002 Finding caption: The Housing Authority did not have adequate internal controls for ensuring compliance with Housing Quality Standard inspection requirements. Name, address, and telephone of Housing Authority contact person: Wendy Westby 600 Park Avenue Bremerton, WA 98337 (360) 616-7111 Corrective action the auditee plans to take in response to the finding: BHA agrees with the finding. BHA acknowledges that certain biennial HQS inspections were not completed within required timeframes due to a Yardi notification and scheduling issue, staffing limitations, and reliance on outdated guidance when determining inspection deadlines. BHA has taken and will continue to take corrective action to strengthen internal controls over HQS inspection scheduling, monitoring, and completion. Corrective actions include resolving the primary Yardi scheduling issue, completing additional system refinements and testing, updating procedures for determining biennial inspection due dates, training staff on current HQS inspection requirements and BHA policy, hiring an additional Housing Inspector I, using an additional contract inspector, and using temporary administrative support to assist with inspection scheduling and communication. During fiscal year 2026, BHA will use manual monitoring and quality-control supervisory review to track upcoming, completed, and overdue inspections while the backlog is being cleared. BHA will review inspection reports regularly to monitor progress and ensure inspections are scheduled and completed at least biennially in accordance with federal requirements and BHA policy. Anticipated date to complete the corrective action: BHA expects to complete the inspection backlog and have inspections current by September 30, 2026. BHA expects to return to normal inspection operations effective October 1, 2026.