We conducted this evaluation due to the growing homeless crisis and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) establishing a goal of ending homelessness.  Our objective was to evaluate the challenges that participating public housing agencies (PHA) face in meeting the goals and objectives of the HUD Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) program. The results from our limited review may help HUD in...

HUD OIG is conducting a Corrective Action Verification on two prior HUD OIG audits of HUD's Purchase Card and Travel Card programs.  The review will verify if the corrective actions taken by the Department on the recommendations issued under reports, 2020-KC-0001 Purchase Card Audit and 2020-KC-0002 Travel Card Audit, addressed the underlying issues and risks.

HUD OIG is reviewing HUD's Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) program.  Congress appropriated $40 million in both 2017 and 2018 to serve approximately 10,000 total families and an additional $40 million in 2019.  The review objective is to evaluate the challenges that participating Public Housing Authorities face in meeting the goals and objectives of the VASH program.