Ensure that HUD-approved independent third parties complete unit inspections and determine the rent reasonableness determinations for units it owns or seek an appropriate exemption of program requirements from the HUD Secretary.

Provide adequate training to its staff to ensure compliance with Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program requirements for unit inspections and rent reasonableness determinations.

Reimburse its program $37,508 ($33,085 in housing assistance payments and $4,423 in associated administrative fees) from non-Federal funds for failing to perform unit inspections in a timely manner.

Develop and implement procedures, including but not limited to software upgrades, and staff training to ensure that unit inspections are conducted in a timely manner.

Develop and implement adequate oversight to ensure that unit inspections are conducted in a timely manner.

Reimburse its program $6,084 ($5,553 in housing assistance payments and $531 in associated administrative fees) from non-Federal funds for the units that materially failed to meet HUD’s housing quality standards.

Certify, along with the owners of the 26 units cited in the finding, that the applicable housing quality standards violations have been corrected.

Perform all required quality control housing quality standards inspections in compliance with its HUD-approved MTW plan, thus helping to ensure that its inspectors perform housing quality standards inspections in accordance with HUD’s requirements.

Provide supporting documentation for subsequent review to show that it properly calculated relocation rental assistance payments for the 10 tenants and if there is an overpayment, reimburse the applicable RAD relocation account from non-Federal funds.

Reimburse its Section 8 Project-Based Voucher program $443,204 ($394,190 in housing assistance payments and $49,014 in associated administrative fees) from nonproject funds for the payments related to the 206 Authority-owned units’ inspections not conducted by a HUD-approved independent entity and for compliance with housing quality standards for the period January 1, 2016, through August 5, 2016.

Ensure that HUD-approved independent third parties complete the unit inspections and determine the rent reasonableness for units it owns or seek an appropriate exemption of program requirements from the HUD Secretary.

Ensure that in future RAD conversions, if any, unit inspections are conducted for compliance with HUD’s housing quality standards after rehabilitation and construction is completed and before tenants move in.

Provide adequate training to its staff to ensure compliance with Section 8 Project-Based Voucher program requirements for unit inspections and rent reasonableness determinations.

The Pell City Housing Authority to reimburse its public housing fund from non-Federal funds $1,188 for payments made for ineligible credit card expenditures.

The Pell City Housing Authority to support or reimburse its public housing fund $12,874 ($4,709 $8,165) for unsupported disbursements.

The Pell City Housing Authority to fully implement adequate internal controls over its credit card purchases and disbursements to ensure that it complies with Federal requirements and its own policies and procedures.

The Pell City Housing Authority to revise its policies and procedures for its review of expenditures to ensure that its board of commissioners documents its enforcement of and the Authority’s compliance with the requirements during its review process to ensure that the Authority’s disbursements are supported and used for eligible expenditures.

The Pell City Housing Authority’s board of commissioners to receive training to ensure the proper review and approval of expenditures and to understand the requirements relevant to the Authority’s financial operations.

The Ragland Housing Authority to reimburse its public housing fund from non-Federal funds $105 for credit card payments made for ineligible expenditures.

The Ragland Housing Authority to support or reimburse its public housing fund $31,580 ($1,320 $11,887 $18,373) for unsupported disbursements.