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2022 ? 003 Federal Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Program Name: Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Listing Number: 14.181 Award Period: 2022 Type of Finding: Material Weakness in Internal Control over Compliance Criteria or Specific Requirement: Section 811 of the National Affordable Housing Act provides funding for housing for persons with disabilities. To qualify as disabled, the household must consist of at least one person who is an adult (18 years or older) with a disability, two or more persons with disabilities living together, or a surviving household member under certain circumstances (42 USC 1437a(b)(3); 24 CFR section 891.505). Residents must also qualify as very low-income households to be eligible (42USC 8013). Condition: Upon performing testing over tenant eligibility, we noted that the eligibility documentation for one of the tenants was missing and could not be located. Questioned costs: None Context: Eligibility documentation for 1 out of 5 tenants tested was missing. Cause: Turnover of property manager at the property management company and weaknesses in internal controls over tenant eligibility documentation. Effect: There is no evidence that review of tenant's eligibility was performed. Tenant could be ineligible. Repeat Finding: No Recommendation: We recommend that management strengthen controls over review and retention of tenant eligibility files. Views of Responsible Officials: There is no disagreement with the audit finding.