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Criteria: Housing quality inspections must be performed at the time of initial occupancy and at least annually thereafter to assure that the units are decent, safe, and sanitary. Condition: 2 of the 40 units selected for testing did not have annual housing quality inspections completed within one year of the previous inspection. Cause: Procedures to ensure that the required annual housing inspections were performed within one year of the previous inspection did not exist. Effect: Housing could potentially not meet the requirement that it be decent, safe, and sanitary. Auditor's Recommendation: We recommend that an internal control procedure be implemented to ensure that the required annual housing inspections are performed within one year of the previous inspection and that the inspection reports are being maintained within the tenant files. View of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: Management will continue to work tenaciously to comply with "performing unit inspections on at lease an annual basis to determine whether the applicants and equipment in the unit are functioning properly and to assess whether a component needs to be repaired or replaced.? [HUD Occupancy Handbook, 4350.3 rev-1, Chapter 6 Lease Requirement and Leasing Activities, Section 6-29, Unit Inspection, Paragraph 3].