Assisted Housing Quality Control

摘要

The study provides estimates of the extent, severity, costs, and sources ofsubsidy calculation errors for the public housing, Section 8, and Section 236 programs. As part of the quality control process, on-site tenant interviews, file reviews, and third party income verifications were used to collect data from a national sample. These data showed significant subsidy payment errors, including both overpayments and underpayments. The analysis indicates that 47 percent of all tenants paid the correct amount of rent within $5, 27 percent paid at least $5 less than they should have, and 26 percent paid at least $5 more than they should have. The report also found that the percentage of correct cases for owner-administered projects was about the same as that for public housing-administered projects.