Finding Text
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ‐ CFDA #14.871
Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers
Applicable Federal Award Number and Year – Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers ‐ 2021
Special Tests and Provisions – HQS Enforcement
Material Weakness in Internal Control over Compliance and Material Instance of Non‐Compliance
Criteria – For units under HAP contract that fail to meet HQS, the PHA must require the owner to correct 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.
Condition – During our testing of failed HQS inspections, we identified 13 instances where a lifethreatening issue was not resolved within 24 hours.
Questioned Costs – None Reported.
Context/Sampling – A non‐statistical sample of 60 failed inspections were selected for testing. 13 out of the 60 failed inspections did not have documentation of a life‐threatening issue being resolved within 24 hours.
Effect – Failure to implement and maintain a proper control process could result in failure to complete the required inspections in the required time period, resulting in unauthorized
payments.
Cause – The Authority has experienced significant staff turnover and due to a lack of oversight the appropriate steps were not documented to ensure compliance with the program
requirements.
Repeat Finding from Prior Year – Yes.
Recommendation – The Authority should ensure that processes are implemented to ensure compliance with program requirements for failed HQS inspections.
Views of Responsible Officials – Management agrees with the finding.