Finding Text
Department of Housing and Urban Development
14.871 Housing Voucher Cluster
Non-compliance with Housing Quality Standards (HQS) Enforcement Requirement
Repeat Findings: No
Criteria:
For units under Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract that fail to meet HQS, the Public
Housing Agency (PHA) 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 PHA-approved extension (24 CFR sections 982.158(d) and 982.404).
Condition and Context:
We tested a sample of 25 HAP contracts and found 2 tenants where a life threatening HQS
deficiency was not corrected within 24 hours of the inspection. The City’s Housing Authority had
approved an extension for the issue to be corrected, but no documentation of this extension was
kept in the tenant file.
Cause:
The City does not have a consistent process to document extensions for HQS deficiencies.
Effect or Potential Effect:
The City would fail to comply with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s
(HUD) HQS Enforcement guidelines.
Questioned Costs:
Unknown.
Recommendation:
We recommend that the City implement a policy to properly document HQS deficiency correction
extensions within the tenant files.
Views of Responsible Officials:
The City agrees with the finding. See Section V for the corrective action plan.