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Federal program: AL #14.241 Housing Opportunities for Persons With Aids FY/Federal Award ID#: FY2025/See Schedule of Federal Expenditures Federal agency: Department of Urban Development Pass thru entity: AIDS Foundation of Chicago Criteria: The PHA or owner must provide housing that is decent, safe, and sanitary. All housing that involves acquisition, rehabilitation, conversion, lease, repair of facilities, new construction, project-or tenant-base rental assistance (including assistance for shared housing arrangements), and operation costs must meet housing quality standards required at 24 CFR sections 574.310(b)(1)-(2) also known as the HOPWA Habitability Standards. HOPWA grantees must perform housing quality inspections to ensure that the units meet required HOPWA Housing Quality Standards (HQS). Condition: One out of forty selections did not include support that the Organization's housing quality survey was completed or other supplemental documentation to satisfy the criteria above. The sample was not statistically valid. Questioned Costs: None noted. Cause: Lack of maintaining required compliance documentation per the Organization's policies and procedures. Effect: If supporting documentation of HQS inspection is not maintained there is a reasonable possibility that rental assistance may be provided for a unit that does not meet required health and safety standards. Recommendation: The Organization should ensure that documentation is maintained related to inspection of rental units prior to authorizing client lease execution and move-in as well as subsequent inspections at least annually during assisted occupancy. Views of Responsible Officials: Management concurs and is putting safeguards in place to ensure all documentation, including the housing quality survey, is maintained related to inspection of rental units prior to authorizing lease execution and move-in. These safeguard include internal program audits of a sample of files on a quarterly basis.