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Finding 2022-004 ? Failed Inspections Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Program Title: Housing Choice Voucher Program Assistance Listing Number: 14.871 Award Period: 7/1/21-6/30/22 Type of Finding: Significant Deficiency in Internal Control Over Compliance Criteria: 24 CFR sections 982.158(d) and 982.404 state that for units under HAP contract that fail to meet HQS, the PHA must require the owner to correct any life threatening HQS Deficiencies within 24 hours after the inspections and all other HQS deficiencies within 30 calendar days or within a specified PHA-approved extension. If the owner does not correct the cited HAQ deficiencies within the specified correction period, the PHA must stop (abate) HAPs beginning no later than the first of the month following the specified correction period or must terminate the HAP contract. The owner is not responsible for a breach of HQS as a result of the family's failure to pay for utilities for which the family is responsible under the lease or for tenant damage. For family-caused defects, if the family does not correct the cited HQS deficiencies within the specified correction period, the PHA must take prompt and vigorous action to enforce the family obligations. Context: During our testing of 60 files for failed inspection criteria, we noted the following: - 4 files tested had repairs that were not completed timely. Questioned Costs: Unable to determine. Cause: The Authority conducted 995 annual/biennial inspections during the audit period in an effort to correct timeliness of annual inspections. Though inspection results monitoring was in place, in some instances, the Authority did not follow up timely on failed inspection results. Effect: The Authority is not in compliance with HUD regulations. Repeat Finding: No Recommendation: The Authority should review their HQS inspection policies to ensure that all repairs are made timely and if not, that the necessary actions are taken by the Authority. View of Responsible Officials: There is no disagreement with this audit finding.