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<br />Chapter 14 <br />PROGRAM INTEGRITY <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The PHA is committed to ensuring that subsidy funds made available to the PHA are spent in <br />accordance with HUD requirements. <br />This chapter covers HUD and the PHA policies designed to prevent, detect, investigate, and <br />resolve instances of program abuse or fraud. It also describes the actions that will be taken in the <br />case of unintentional errors and omissions. <br />Part I: Preventing, Detecting, and Investigating Errors and Program Abuse. This part <br />presents the PHA policies related to preventing, detecting, and investigating errors and <br />program abuse. <br />Part II: Corrective Measures and Penalties. This part describes the corrective measures <br />the PHA must and may take when errors or program abuses are found. <br />PART I: PREVENTING, DETECTING, AND <br />INVESTIGATING ERRORS AND PROGRAM ABUSE <br />14-I.A. PREVENTING ERRORS AND PROGRAM ABUSE <br />HUD created the Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system to provide PHAs with a powerful <br />tool for preventing errors and program abuse. PHAs are required to use the EIV system in its <br />entirety in accordance with HUD administrative guidance \[24 CFR 5.233\]. PHAs are further <br />required to: <br />Provide applicants and participants with form HUD- <br /> <br /> <br />Require all adult members of an applicant or participant family to acknowledge receipt of <br /> <br />form HUD-52675 by signing a copy of the form for retention in the family file <br />SAHA Policy <br /> <br />To ensure that SA <br />highest ethical and legal standards, SAHA will employ a variety of techniques to ensure that <br /> <br />both errors and intentional program abuse are rare. <br />SAHA will discuss program compliance and integrity issues during the voucher <br />briefing sessions described in Chapter 5. <br />SAIs Fraud Worth <br />It? (form HUD-1141-OIG), which explains the types of actions a family must <br />avoid and the penalties for program abuse. <br /> <br />Page 14-1 <br />04/01/14 <br /> <br />