Finding Text
Finding 2024 – 004 – Selection from the Waiting List
Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Program Title: Housing Voucher Cluster
Assistance Listing Numbers: 14.871 and 14.879
Federal Award Identification Number and Year: FL080; 2024
Award Period: October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024
Type of Finding: Significant Deficiency in Internal Control Over Compliance, Noncompliance (Other Matters)
Criteria or Specific Requirement:
The PHA must have written policies in its HCVP administrative plan for selecting applicants from
the waiting list and PHA documentation must show that the PHA follows these policies when selecting
applicants for admission from the waiting list. Except as provided in 24 CFR section 982.203 Special admission (nonwaiting list), all families admitted to the program must be selected from the waiting list. “Selection” from the waiting list generally occurs when the PHA notifies a family whose name reaches the top of the waiting list to come in to verify eligibility for admission (24 CFR sections 5.410, 982.54(d), and 982.201 through 982.207).
Condition: During the testing of the Housing Choice Voucher Program tenant files, certain special
provision compliance deficiencies were noted as summarized below: Tenant Selected from the Waiting List
Number of Instances Finding
6 The tenant was not removed from the waitlist in accordance with policy.
Questioned Costs: Undeterminable
Context: Out of 60 tenants selected from the waiting list files tested, 6 files contained the
errors noted above.
Cause: The Authority failed to provide adequate monitoring and oversight of their waiting list to
ensure compliance with HUD rules and regulations as well as their administrative policy.
Effect: The Authority may have tenants on the waiting list that are not eligible for an HCVP
voucher, are no longer interested in the HCVP housing, or have moved away. Repeat Finding: This is a repeat finding from previous years. The finding numbers are 2018-008, 2019-007, 2020-005, 2021-004, 2022-004, and 2023-004.
Recommendation: We recommend that the Authority designate an individual to maintain the waiting
list and track all correspondence with potential tenants. We recommend that the Authority’s waitlist tracking software be monitored to ensure tenants are removed from the waiting list timely. Views of Responsible
Officials: There is no disagreement with the audit finding.