Finding 500168 (2023-002)

Special Tests and Provisions: Housing Quality Standards Inspections Federal Program – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development AL #14.871 – Significant Deficiency Criteria or Specific Requirement – The Authority is required to inspect the unit leased to a family at lease biannually to determine if the unit meets Housing Quality Standards (HQS) and the Authority must conduct quality control re-inspections. The Authority must prepare a unit reinspection report (24 CFR sections 982.158(d) and 982.405(b)). Condition – The Authority performed 5 HQS re-inspections during the year. The Authority should have performed 7 based on the number of units under HAP contract during the last completed PHA fiscal year. Cause – The Authority performed the test over inspections in a certain time frame not over the number of units under HAP contract during the last completed fiscal year. Questioned Costs – N/A Context – We reviewed the listing of HQS inspections provided by the Authority which totaled 5. Effect – The Authority did not complete enough HQS inspections during the year due to not having the correct population size. Recommendation – We recommend the Authority looks at the units under HAP contract during the last completed PHA fiscal year to make sure they have enough coverage when doing HQS inspections. Repeat Finding - This is not a repeat findingViews of Responsible Officials – In the future, the Housing Authority will change processes to ensure correct population size is used to determine the required number of HQS re-inspections