Quality Control for Rental Assistance Subsidies

From: HUD USER News
 
HUD recently issued a final report on the extent,
severity, costs, and sources of errors in rental housing
subsidy determinations for the 2004 fiscal year. Errors
may be a result of program administrator income and rent
determination errors, tenant misreporting of income,
and/or errors in program administrator billings for
assistance payments.
 
The information about 2,400 households who received
rental assistance from Public Housing, Section 8 Housing
Choice Voucher, Section 8 project-based, and Sections
202 and 811 programs with PRAC or PAC tenant subsidies
points to significant progress in reducing errors.
Recommendations based on this evaluation imply that even
greater accuracy is achievable with additional onsite
monitoring, training, accessible information, and
simplification of written rules, regulations, and
requirements.
 
The entire report, Quality Control for Rental Assistance
Subsidies Determinations, is available as a free
download at www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/pubasst/qualitycontrol04.html.
 
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