Berman Hopkins Wright & LaHam, CPAs and Associates, LLP recently identified in the FY2024 JHA Audit (Period: October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024) material weakness findings and noncompliance findings for the JHA Public Housing Program. Please note that the JHA’s Public Housing Program was not tested by the auditors in previous years. Note: JHA will have a finding in FY2025 due to existing months of the public housing program operations that have already commenced for the periods: October 1, 2024 – June 27, 2025. The audit period will end for FY2025 September 30, 2025.
JHA will quickly evaluate each PH employee, train, hire skilled employees and streamline organizational inefficiencies, while implementing new internal process controls to address the findings identified in the FY2024 audit report for the Public Housing program.
An evaluation of the current employee role structure and staff qualifications will commence July 2025. The entire public housing department will be assessed to ensure that JHA is efficient, productive, utilizes the technology system of record Yardi V7 to adhere to compliance, and works in a collaborative matter to better serve all existing a potential future client of the agency.
The Public Housing organizational re-org will be implemented no later than September 1, 2025.
Responsible: Jacksonville Housing Authority
JHA POC: William Mitchell (a.k.a.Daniel/Danny), Deputy Chief
EMAIL: dmitchell@jaxha.org
JHA POC: Roslyn Phillips, Interim COO
EMAIL: RPHILLIPS@JAXHA.ORG