Finding Text
2024-003 FEDERAL COMPLIANCE – RENT INCREASE NOTICE
Federal Program Name: Housing Choice Voucher Program
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 14.871
Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Compliance Requirement: Special Tests and Provisions
Criteria: The City’s Administrative Plan requires that tenants be given a 30-day notice before the effective date of a rent increase that is based on the results of an annual recertification.
Condition: We noted one instance after year-end in which a tenant was only given a 4-day notice before the effective date of a rent increase.
Effect and Questioned Costs: Noncompliance with the Administrative Plan for the program.
Repeat Finding: Yes
Recommendation: We recommend that procedures be implemented to ensure tenants are given a 30-day notice prior to any rent increases that are result from an annual recertification.
Management’s Response: Each caseworker has been issued an admin plan and refer to it often. Staff has been made aware that an increase in rent must be issued a 30 day notice. If the tenant rent decreases, the decrease is to take effect immediately. Administrator is also auditing files to help alleviate any errors.