2024-005 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 must inspect the unit leased to a family at least biennially to determine if the unit meets Housing Quality Standards (HQS). The Agency did not perform inspections for one unit in our sample.
Cause: Procedures are in place for performing inspections, but due to inspector turnover, the inspections were not performed during the fiscal year.
Effect: There is a possibility that sanctions could be imposed if they do not perform inspections as required by the program.
Context: The Agency is aware of the requirement and has promoted an Inspector to oversee the processes and ensure the Agency is complying with the requirements.
CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN RESPONSE: As stated above, we have promoted someone to a supervisory position to oversee the inspectors and their processes. Also, the housing counselors have been asked to check and make sure an inspection has been done in the previous 24 months before finalizing their annual certifications, to help ensure none are overlooked.
Anticipated completion date: 9/30/25
Responsible party: Michelle Worthington, Section 8 Housing Director
Please contact Vicky Pritchett, Finance Director at 573-213-4811 extension #10102 with questions regarding this plan.