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Finding 2022-001: Mortgage Insurance for the Purchase or Refinancing of Existing Multifamily Housing Projects, Federal Assistance Listing Number 14.155 Criteria: The HUD Handbook requires owners to perform and document inspections of each unit on at least an annual basis. Condition: Unit inspections were not performed during the year. Context: We reviewed 4 tenant files for documentation of unit inspections. Cause: Sacred Heart Apartments did not ensure unit inspections continued through COVID. Effect: The tenant?s unit may not be in a decent, safe, and sanitary condition. Recommendation: We recommend that Sacred Heart Apartments resume unit inspections and ensure those inspections are properly documented in the tenant files. Views of management and planned corrective action: Sacred Heart Apartments has resumed unit inspections and will ensure those inspections are properly documented in the tenant files.