Finding Text
Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Program Name: Housing Voucher Cluster
Assistance Listing Number: 14.871
Federal Award Identification Number and Year: WI222VO167 - 2023
Award Period: January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023
Type of Finding:
Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance
Other Matters
Criteria or specific requirement: The Housing Choice Voucher Cluster requires that units with failed inspections be reinspected within 30 days.
Condition: During our testing, we noted that the entity did not have internal controls over reinspections to verify they were completed within 30 days.
Questioned costs: None
Context: During our testing we noted 1 out of 8 failed inspections was not reinspected within 30 days. The reinspection was done 32 days after the original inspection.
Cause: The Authority did not have time to complete inspection within 30 days but did complete as soon as they were able to.
Effect: Noncompliance with HUD requirements.
Repeat Finding: No
Recommendation: We recommend that Authority implement procedures to verify reinspections done within 30 days.
Views of responsible officials: There is no disagreement with the audit finding.