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2022-002: Statement of Condition ? For the Low Rent Public Housing program, we reviewed 40 tenant files (recertification files and new tenant files) for fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. We reviewed 5 files for tenant who moved out during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. The selected files represented a sample of all files in the two AMPS. We noted 2 instances in which social security income was incorrectly calculated and 1 instance in which net wages (instead of gross wages) were used in determining total tenant income. Criteria ? Per the Public Housing Occupancy Guidebook (Section 3.9), ?The gross amount of social security benefit income, prior to Medicare or other deductions, must be counted as income??. Effect ? For the files referenced above, the calculations used an incorrect amount for social security benefits and wages. The net effect of these errors was to understate tenant rental income by $9 per month. Cause ? Incomplete procedures were followed in regards to calculating tenant income. Recommendation ? Procedures surrounding tenant rent calculation processes should be strengthened.