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Finding No. 2024-1; Section 8, Assistance Listing 14.195 Criteria In accordance with HUD program guidelines under which the Project operates, the annual tenant recertification Form 50059 is required to be signed by the tenant prior to the required annual recertification date. Condition In connection with lease file testing, we noted 6 out of 8 tenant files did not have annual tenant recertification Form 50059 completed timely. Cause Personnel responsible for tenant recertifications failed to obtain signatures on all Forms 50059 prior to the required annual recertification date. Effect or Potential Effect Noncompliance with HUD guidelines could result in units being rented to ineligible tenants or errors in the rent subsidies paid by HUD. Questioned Costs None Recommendation The cooperative should ensure that all Form 50059s are signed by the tenant prior to the required annual recertification date. Auditor Noncompliance Code Section 8 program administration Finding Resolution Status In process Reporting Views of Responsible Officials We concur that certain 50059s were not signed timely. We are training staff and monitoring compliance at this property to ensure 50059s are timely signed or residents will be placed in legal.