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2022-005: Statement of Condition ? For the Low Rent Public Housing, we reviewed 40 tenant files (recertification files and new tenant files) for fiscal year ended March 31, 2022. We reviewed 5 files for tenants who moved out during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022. The selected files represented a sample of all files in the three AMPS. We noted 1 instance in which an interim recalculation of tenant rent was not entered into the rental register system or charged to the tenant. Criteria ? Per the Public Housing Occupancy Guidebook (Reexaminations - Section 2.5), ?The purpose of an interim reexamination is to determine the continued eligibility of the family and adjust the rent, if necessary.? Effect ? For the file referenced above, the interim calculation increased the amount of rent that should have been paid by the tenant. The net effect of this error was to understate tenant rental income by $446 per month. Cause ? Incorrect procedures were followed in regards to calculating total tenant income. Recommendation ? Procedures surrounding tenant rent calculation processes should be strengthened.