Develop and implement procedures and controls to ensure that housing assistance and utility allowance payments are correctly calculated, including the use of the Enterprise Income Verification system to verify household income, and that they are adequately supported.
Publication Report
2018-PH-1003 | March 30, 2018
The Crisfield Housing Authority, Crisfield, MD, Did Not Properly Administer Its Housing Choice Voucher Program
We audited the Crisfield Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher program because we received a hotline complaint alleging that it misused public housing assets and we had never audited the Authority. Our audit objective was to determine whether… moreRelated Recommendations
Public and Indian Housing
Closed on June 08, 2023
Provide documentation to support $280,561 (housing assistance and utility allowance payments totaling $237,809 for families that did not meet eligibility requirements and $42,752 in administrative fees) or reimburse its program from non-Federal funds for any amounts it cannot support.
Closed on September 27, 2018
Reimburse its program $17,101 from non-Federal funds for the overpayment of housing assistance and utility allowances to 14 families.
Closed on September 25, 2019
Reimburse five households $984 from program funds for the underpayment of housing assistance and utility reimbursements due to incorrect calculations.
Closed on September 14, 2020
Correct the errors in the files identified in this report.
Closed on September 19, 2019
Develop and implement procedures and controls to ensure that required eligibility documentation is obtained and maintained to support households’ selection from its waiting list and admission to and continued assistance on the program.
Closed on April 30, 2020
Develop and implement controls to ensure that employees comply with its computer, internet, and email use policy and use only official business email accounts to transmit confidential information.
Closed on September 19, 2019
Develop and implement controls to ensure that its Section 8 coordinator is adequately trained and supervised to ensure that the program operates in accordance with requirements.
Closed on September 18, 2019
Follow its administrative plan to ensure that program requirements are met.
Closed on September 18, 2019
Provide technical assistance to the Authority to ensure that it properly administers its program and that program regulations are met.
Closed on April 30, 2020
Evaluate the Authority’s email system and its computer, internet, and email use policy to determine whether they provide sufficient safeguards for transmitting and handling confidential information.
Closed on June 08, 2023
Reimburse its program $119,023 from non-Federal funds for the ineligible housing assistance payments it made due to the conflict-of-interest situation identified by the audit and any additional ineligible housing assistance payments it made outside our review period.
Closed on September 18, 2019
Develop and implement controls to prevent and detect conflict-of-interest situations.
General Counsel
Closed on September 30, 2019
Evaluate the apparent conflict-of-interest situation in this report and pursue administrative sanctions if warranted.