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2023-002 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Housing Voucher Cluster - 14.871 Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers and 14.879 Mainstream Vouchers
Condition and Criteria: The Agency is to perform HQS Quality Control re-inspections. The Agency did not perform quality control re-inspections.
Cause: Procedures are in place for performing quality control re-inspections, but due to inspector turnover and health issues, the quality control re-inspections were not performed during the fiscal year.
Effect: There is a possibility that sanctions could be imposed if they do not perform quality control re-inspections as required by the program.
Context: The Agency is aware of the requirement and contacted HUD to explain the situation during their SEMAP certification. HUD indicated this would not affect their overall High score.
Auditor’s Recommendation: The Agency should resume quality control re-inspections. The Agency should train additional staff to insure the Agency can perform re-inspections as required by HUD guidelines.
Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: The Agency concurs and is implementing this recommendation.