Finding Text
Audit Finding 2023-004 – Special Tests and Provisions: HQS Enforcement
Criteria:
For units under HAP contract that fail to meet Housing Quality Standards (HQS), the Authority must require the owner to correct any life threatening HQS deficiencies within 24 hours after the inspections and all other HQS deficiencies within 30 calendar days or within a specified Authority approved extension. (24 CFR § 982.158(d) and 982.404)
Condition:
The Authority was unable to provide a listing of units with failed HQS inspections and documentation showing the units were reinspected within the proper time frame.
Cause:
The current record keeping of units that do not meet HQS requirements and the subsequent documentation of corrections to these deficiencies is inadequate.
Effect:
We are unable to determine if the Authority is properly documenting failed HQS inspections and following up on the deficiencies.
Recommendation:
We would recommend the Authority keeps documentation of units that do not meet the HQS requirements and the subsequent documentation showing that the deficiencies were attended to within the specified time requirements stated.
Views of Responsible Official:
Management agrees with the finding.