Audit Finds Issues with Arizona’s Affordable Housing Inspections

Audit finds issues with Arizona’s affordable housing inspections

The Arizona Department of Housing did not conduct inspections for one or more federal health and safety standards in the units it used tax credits to help finance, according to a new report. The post Audit finds issues with Arizona’s affordable housing inspections first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times.

Arizona housing agency audit finds safety inspection, tenant eligibility failures

PHOENIX -- The Arizona Department of Housing did not conduct inspections for one or more federally required health and safety standards in the units it helped to finance through state and federal tax credits, according to a new report.

Audit faults Arizona for lack of safety inspections in low-income housing

The Arizona Department of Housing failed to conduct all required health and safety inspections on low-income housing units financed through tax credits, leading to tenants living in unsafe conditions with delayed remediation of issues like pest infestations and fire hazards.

State auditors find repeated failures at Arizona’s affordable housing agency

State auditors found multiple problems with the Arizona Department of Housing’s policies and training, and found that it took the department months in some cases to notify  property owners of “health and safety” issues.  The report the Arizona Auditor General’s Office released this week is the second Housing Department audit in three years that has […]