Finding Text
Finding 2024-004 – Special Tests and Provisions – Public Housing Inspections
ALN 14.850 – Noncompliance & Significant Deficiency
Criteria: 24 CFR §5.707 states that PHAs “are required to annually self-inspect their properties, including all units, to ensure the units are maintained in accordance with the standards in §5.703.”
Condition & cause:
In our review of twenty (20) Public Housing tenant files, we found that the PHA was unable to produce documentation of an annual inspection being conducted for eight tenants. This amounts to 40% of the sample.
Effect:
Delayed unit inspections increase the risk of unsafe or unsanitary living conditions. These issues can lead to noncompliance with regulations as well as heightened scrutiny from oversight bodies.
Recommendation: We recommend that the PHA schedule annual inspections to occur in conjunction with the annual recertifications. Alternatively, the PHA could schedule all annual inspections to occur at one time.
Questioned Costs: None
Repeat Finding: No
Was sampling statistically valid? Yes