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2022 ? 002 Housing Choice Voucher Program Wait List Testing ? New Tenants Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Program Name: Housing Choice Voucher Program Assistance Listing Number: 14.871 Federal Award Identification Number and Year: PA004 (various funding increments active during period 7/1/21-6/30/22) Award Period: July 1, 2021 ? June 30, 2022 Type of Finding: Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance, Other Matters Criteria or specific requirement: Per the Authority?s administrative plan, applicants are placed on the waiting list based on any preference and then by the date and time of their initial application. Per the Authority?s administrative plan, AHA will notify the family when selected from the waiting list via a notification letter. Condition: During our testing of 25 files for wait list criteria, we noted the following: 1 of 25 files had an application that was not date stamped. 1 of 25 files was missing a wait list selection letter. Questioned Costs: Unknown. Context: In a statistically valid sample, during our testing of 25 files for wait list criteria, we noted the following: 1 of 25 files had an application that was not date stamped; 1 of 25 files was missing a wait list selection letter. Cause: The Authority does not have controls in place to ensure it is meeting Wait List Testing ? New Tenants requirements set by HUD. Effect: The Authority is not in compliance with their administrative plan regarding the waiting list. Repeat Finding: Not a repeat. Recommendation: We recommend the Authority review their processes for maintaining documentation for tenant selection from the waiting list. Views of responsible officials: There is no disagreement with the audit finding.