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US Department of Housing and Urban Development Program Name Low Rent Public Housing AL Number 14.850 E Eligibility 2025-001 Income Eligibility Questioned Costs The monetary impact needs further investigation to determine the amount for the period of noncompliance. Criteria As a condition of admission or continued occupancy, require the tenant and other family members to provide necessary information, documentation, and releases for the Authority to verify income eligibility (24 CFR sections 5.230, 5.609, and 982.516). Condition During the audit, it was noted that in twelve (12) instances of tenant's recertification form for participation in the Program we not completed. Context We selected a sample of twenty-five (25) tenant files, of those files twelve (12) lacked the correct recertification forms. The prior year forms were present, the future forms were present, however, the period under audit was not completed. Cause The Authority had a change in personnel that complete the annual recertification. The person responsible during our audit period did not complete the required recertifications with in 12 months of prior certifications. Effect The Authority was not in compliance with HUD regulations during the period of time indicated in the cause description. Recommendations Management Views Management should implement internal control procedures to ensure that recertification forms are obtained during re-examination and are properly files in the tenant's file. Management agrees.