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Finding 2022-002: Information on the Federal Program Assistance Listing Number 14.239-HOME Investment Partnerships Program, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Pass-Through Entity: State of Connecticut Department of Housing. Award Number 20020020010579163A. Compliance Requirement: Eligibility. Type of Finding: Immaterial Noncompliance Identification as a Repeat Finding This is not a repeat finding. Criteria The HOME program has income targeting requirements. Only low-income or very low-income persons, as defined in 24 CFR section 92.2, can receive housing assistance (24 CFR section 92.1). Therefore, the participating jurisdiction must determine if each family is income eligible by determining the family?s annual income, including all persons in the household, as provided for in 24 CFR section 92.203. Participating jurisdictions must maintain records for each family assisted (24 CFR section 92.508). Condition For the year ended December 31, 2022, management was unable to obtain the required information to perform the annual recertification from the tenant. Context One tenant out of eight tested did not timely provide the annual recertification documents. The sample was not statistically valid. Cause The tenant failed to respond to requests from management and therefore, went into eviction status. Effect or Potential Effect As a result, Mutual Housing Association of South Central Connecticut, Inc. and Affiliates is not in compliance with the HOME program requirements. Questioned Costs None. Recommendation Management should establish procedures to ensure that required tenant documents and information is obtained timely to perform annual recertifications. Views of Responsible Official Management disagrees with the finding because we followed protocol multiple times to get the tenant to complete his recertification. The tenant finally responded when he was placed in eviction status.