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2022-001 ? SPECIAL TESTS AND PROVISIONS: SELECTION FROM THE WAITING LIST Other Matter/Significant Deficiency U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistance Listing Number: 14.871 ? Housing Voucher Cluster CRITERIA The PHA must have written policies in its HCVP administrative plan for selecting applicants from the waiting list and PHA documentation must show that the PHA follows these policies when selecting applicants for admission from the waiting list. Except as provided in 24 CFR section 982.203 Special admission (non-waiting list), all families admitted to the program must be selected from the waiting list. ?Selection? from the waiting list generally occurs when the PHA notifies a family whose name reaches the top of the waiting list to come in to verify eligibility for admission (24 CFR sections 5.410, 982.54(d), and 982.201 through 982.207). CONDITION As a result of our audit procedures, we noted 2 instances in which the Authority could not provide waiting list documentation for two new admissions. As a result, we could not confirm whether those new admissions were housed in accordance with the Authority?s policy. CAUSE The Authority?s system of internal controls over the participant admission process was not sufficient to meet the Authority?s new admission selection policies. EFFECT New participants admitted to the program may not have been properly selected from the waiting list in accordance with the Authority?s applicant selection policies. QUESTIONED COSTS None noted. CONTEXT We selected a sample of 3 from a population of 22 new admissions. This was not a statistically valid sample. REPEAT FINDING This is not a repeat finding. RECOMMENDATION We recommend that the Authority develop and implement a new admission checklist to ensure all new participants are admitted to the program in accordance with the Authority?s policies. AUDITEE?S RESPONSE AND PLANNED CORRECTIVE ACTION See Corrective Action Plan.