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14.871 – Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers E. Eligibility – Significant Deficiency and Compliance Finding Condition: During review of the Housing Choice Voucher tenant files, RBT noted that tenant recertifications were not being performed timely. Criteria: As a condition of continued occupancy, the Organization must reexamine family income and composition at least once every 12 months and adjust tenant rent and housing assistance payments as necessary using the documentation from third party verification. Cause: The Organization switched to a new software in October 2023 and was unfamiliar with the reports that are generated to identify recertification that were coming due. The aging reports that were used to identify tenants that have approaching recertifications were filtered in the software, resulting in tenants being excluded from the reports. Effect: Potential loss of funding due to noncompliance. Perspective: The tenant recertifications were not completed within 12 months for 7 out of 25 tenant files selected for testing. Recommendation: RBT recommends that the Organization ensure aging reports in the software are filtered properly to include all tenants with approaching recertifications to ensure no recertifications are missed.