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FY 2025 Top Management Challenges

The report outlines the most serious management and performance challenges facing the Department and the progress made since last year. It also highlights HUD's efforts to address priority recommendations that, if implemented, will have the greatest impact on achieving HUD's mission and tackling key challenges.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Use and Oversight of Telework and Remote Work

Initiated in response to a Congressional request, this evaluation addresses HUD’s use of telework and remote work programs, HUD’s controls over whether remote workers and teleworkers received correct locality payments, and how HUD supports and trains supervisors who are overseeing employee participation in telework and remote work programs. 

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New Audit of the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority

OIG examined the Authority’s management and oversight of lead‐based paint and associated hazards in its public housing program.

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HCD Should Improve Its Fraud Risk Management Practices for Its ESG CARES Act Program

HCD was not adequately prepared to prevent, detect, and respond to fraud and did not have a robust fraud risk management framework.

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The City and County of Honolulu Should Enhance Its Fraud Risk Management Practices for ESG-CV

The City’s approach to fraud was reactive, not proactive, and did not include robust antifraud practices.

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Beware Of Fake Assisted-Housing Waitlists

HUD OIG is aware of schemes whereby fraudsters falsely announce on social media that waitlists for housing vouchers, including “Section 8” or other government-assisted housing are opening soon.

 

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Priority Focus Areas

COVID-19 Oversight

The CARES Act provides over $12 billion to HUD to assist homeowners, renters, landlords, and communities impacted by COVID-19.

Safe and Sanitary Housing

Part of HUD’s mission is to provide quality, affordable homes for all. The housing HUD insures and funds must be decent, safe, sanitary, and in good repair.

Disaster Oversight

Congress appropriated $35.8 billion for HUD in 2017 and 2018 for recovery from Hurricanes Harvey in Texas; Irma in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Latest Reports

Audit of HUD’s Fiscal Years 2022 and 2021 Financial Statements
November 17, 2022 | Report | 2023-FO-0004

We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP (CLA) to audit the financial statements of HUD as of and for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and to provide reports on HUD’s 1) internal…

Audit of FHA’s Fiscal Years 2022 and 2021 Financial Statements
November 16, 2022 | Report | 2023-FO-0003

We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP (CLA) to audit the financial statements of FHA as of and for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and to provide reports on FHA’s 1) internal…

Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity’s Oversight of Fair Housing Enforcement…
November 15, 2022 | Report | 2021-OE-0008

We determined that FHEO could provide more guidance related to FHEO’s performance assessment process to improve its oversight of State and local fair housing enforcement agencies participating in FHAP.  The FHAP Division has provided…

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