Finding Text
Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Assistance Listing Number: 14.181
Program: Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities
Criteria: According to Chapter 9 of the HUD Multifamily Occupancy Handbook, HUD requires an Existing Tenant Search through the Enterprise Income Verification System (EIV) be completed for all new tenants prior to move in.
Condition: Management did not complete the search for a tenant prior to move-in.
Cause: Due to a clerical error, an incorrect social security number was entered while running the EIV.
Effect: The clerical error resulted in a search being run for an incorrect person and the new tenant did not have a search run prior to their move in. The Project's controls discovered the error the following month and the correct EIV search was performed. No exceptions were discovered through the subsequent search.
Questioned Costs: The amount of questioned costs cannot be determined.
Context: We tested 1 of 1 new tenants during the year noting the EIV search was not run prior to move in.
Recommendation: We recommend management verify the information entered into the EIV.
Management's Response: Management acknowledges the error and will continue to verify the social security numbers being entered.