Finding Text
Finding: 2024‐003
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
Program Name: Housing Voucher Cluster
AL Number: 14.871
Material Non‐Compliance
Material Weakness, Special Tests and Provisions
Criteria: In accordance with 24 CFR sections 982.158(d) and 982.405(b), the Public Housing Agencies (PHA) must inspect the unit leased to a family at least biennially to determine if the unit meets Housing Quality Standards (HQS) and the PHA must conduct quality control re-inspections. The PHA must prepare a unit inspection report.
Condition: The City did not follow procedures to ensure compliance of housing quality standards inspections.
Context: Of the 1,598 applicants during the current year valued at $771,603, we examined 60 and determined that 9 (15% valued at $5,400) did not have a unit inspection report to verify that the unit was inspected.
Effect: Units leased to a family could not meet the housing quality standards necessary for the health and safety of program participants.
Cause: Lack of proper internal control over housing quality standards inspections.
Questioned Cost: The finding represented an internal control weakness; therefore, no questioned costs are applicable.
Recommendation: Management should implement controls to ensure that housing quality standards inspections are completed at lease biennially and documented on a unit inspection report.
Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: The City agrees with this finding. Please refer to the Corrective Action Plan section of this report.