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2025-001 – Eligibility for Housing Assistance Significant Deficiency Criteria: A person eligible for assistance under this program means a person with HIV or AIDS who is a low-income individual and the person’s family, including persons important to their care and well-being, as defined in 24 CFR 574.3. The eligibility of those tenants who were admitted to the program should be determined by (1) obtaining applications that contain all the information needed to determine eligibility, including diagnosis, documentation of housing need, income, rent and order of selection; and (2) obtaining third-party verifications or documentation of expected income, assets, unusual medical expenses, and any other pertinent information. Condition: During the testing of tenant files, we discovered one miscalculation on the income calculation sheet: 1 – Incorrect Rental Calculation on Participant #20 (Criteria 1) Cause: WNCAP personnel miscalculated Participant #20's income, which resulted in the incorrect amount of support provided. Effect: Some individuals received the incorrect amount of support. Questioned Costs: Undeterminable Context: During the year, 74 unique clients were served. We sampled 25 tenant files for multiple compliance requirements. Recommendation:. Management should also ensure that eligibility for assistance is properly calculated. Management’s View: We agree with this finding and have outlined our response in our Corrective Action Plan.