Mississippi Regional Housing Authority No. VII

EIN: 646012408

UEI: LAWGD3Y4GKS9

Data as of August 22, 2026

Mississippi Regional Housing Authority No. VII10 audit years2 findings
10
Audit Years
2
Total Findings
0
Repeat Findings

FY 2021-12-31

Management decision deadline — for entities that funded this organization

The FAC accepted this audit on September 26, 2022. Under 2 CFR 200.521(d), a pass-through entity that provided federal funds to this organization for this audit period must issue a management decision on these findings by March 26, 2023 (1246 days ago).

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2021-003
Eligibility
MATERIAL WEAKNESS

Finding 2021-003 ? Failure to Obtain Third-Party Verifications of Tenant Income (Material Weakness, Material Non-Compliance) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program ? CFDA No. 14.871; Grant period ? year ended December 31, 2021 Criteria Housing Authorities administering rental assistance programs are required to re-examine family eligibility and rental assistance calculations annually. Annual assistance calculations are based on tenant income, which Housing Authorities are required to verify to a third-party source. Condition Out of a sample of forty tenant rent assistance calculations, three of the assistance calculations were based on tenant income which was not verified to a third-party source. Housing assistance payments paid on behalf of the tenants during 2021 under the applicable assistance calculations totaled $16,402. Cause Failure to attain third-party income verifications during annual tenant reexaminations. Effect Housing assistance payments were potentially over-paid, or under-paid. Questioned Costs ? None noted. Recommendation We recommend that the Authority attain third-party verifications of tenant income during the annual tenant reexamination process applicable to all program participants. Reply The Authority will attain third-party verifications of tenant income during the annual tenant reexamination process applicable to all program participants. Alice Bishop, Executive Director, has assumed the responsibility of executing third-party verifications of tenant income and expects the deficiencies which led to this Finding to be resolved by October 31, 2022.

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Finding 2021-003 ? Failure to Obtain Third-Party Verifications of Tenant Income (Material Weakness, Material Non-Compliance) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program ? CFDA No. 14.871; Grant period ? year ended December 31, 2021 Criteria Housing Authorities administering rental assistance programs are required to re-examine family eligibility and rental assistance calculations annually. Annual assistance calculations are based on tenant income, which Housing Authorities are required to verify to a third-party source. Condition Out of a sample of forty tenant rent assistance calculations, three of the assistance calculations were based on tenant income which was not verified to a third-party source. Housing assistance payments paid on behalf of the tenants during 2021 under the applicable assistance calculations totaled $16,402. Cause Failure to attain third-party income verifications during annual tenant reexaminations. Effect Housing assistance payments were potentially over-paid, or under-paid. Questioned Costs ? None noted. Recommendation We recommend that the Authority attain third-party verifications of tenant income during the annual tenant reexamination process applicable to all program participants. Reply The Authority will attain third-party verifications of tenant income during the annual tenant reexamination process applicable to all program participants. Alice Bishop, Executive Director, has assumed the responsibility of executing third-party verifications of tenant income and expects the deficiencies which led to this Finding to be resolved by October 31, 2022.

Corrective Action Plan

Finding 2021-003 ? Failure to Obtain Third-Party Verifications of Tenant Income (Material Weakness, Non-Compliance) The Authority will attain third-party verifications of tenant income during the annual tenant reexamination process applicable to all program participants. Alice Bishop, Executive Director, has assumed the responsibility of executing third-party verifications of tenant income and expects the deficiencies which led to this Finding to be resolved by October 31, 2022.

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2021-004
Reporting
MATERIAL WEAKNESS

Finding 2021-004 ? Lack of Data Available to Audit the Voucher Management System Content (Material Weakness, Potential Noncompliance) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program ? CFDA No. 14.871; Grant period ? year ended December 31, 2021 Criteria Housing Authorities administering Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Programs are required to upload financial and statistical data applicable to the Program, to HUD?s Voucher Management System (VMS) database. Condition Upon request, we were unable to attain a copy of the Authority?s uploaded VMS content or any documentation supporting the uploaded content. Cause Failure to make VMS data available for audit. Effect Inability to sufficiently test the execution of controls over the VMS process. Potentially inaccurate data uploaded to the VMS database. Questioned Costs ? None noted. Recommendation We recommend that the Authority provide VMS content and supporting documentation for audit upon request. Reply The Authority will provide VMS content and supporting documentation for audit upon request. Alice Bishop, Executive Director, will provide VMS content and supporting documentation for audit upon request during its next independent audit which is due September 30, 2023.

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Finding 2021-004 ? Lack of Data Available to Audit the Voucher Management System Content (Material Weakness, Potential Noncompliance) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program ? CFDA No. 14.871; Grant period ? year ended December 31, 2021 Criteria Housing Authorities administering Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Programs are required to upload financial and statistical data applicable to the Program, to HUD?s Voucher Management System (VMS) database. Condition Upon request, we were unable to attain a copy of the Authority?s uploaded VMS content or any documentation supporting the uploaded content. Cause Failure to make VMS data available for audit. Effect Inability to sufficiently test the execution of controls over the VMS process. Potentially inaccurate data uploaded to the VMS database. Questioned Costs ? None noted. Recommendation We recommend that the Authority provide VMS content and supporting documentation for audit upon request. Reply The Authority will provide VMS content and supporting documentation for audit upon request. Alice Bishop, Executive Director, will provide VMS content and supporting documentation for audit upon request during its next independent audit which is due September 30, 2023.

Corrective Action Plan

Finding 2021-004 ? Lack of Data Available to Audit the Voucher Management System Content (Material Weakness, Potential Noncompliance) The Authority will provide VMS content and supporting documentation for audit upon request. Alice Bishop, Executive Director, will provide VMS content and supporting documentation for audit upon request during its next independent audit which is due September 30, 2023.

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