HUD OIG is evaluating  HUD’s efforts to identify and mitigate resident risks for its properties on or near Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites and non-NPL sites with lead contamination.  We initiated this evaluation due to the lead poisoning of residents in an East Chicago, IN Read More

HUD OIG is conducting research to assess the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s information technology (IT) infrastructure’s preparedness and capability to support mass mandatory telework due to the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19). This also included assessing for Read More

HUD OIG is auditing the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) Home Equity Reverse Mortgage Information Technology (HERMIT) system as part of the internal control assessments required for the fiscal year 2019 financial statement audit under the Chief Financial Officer’s Act of 1990.  HERMIT Read More

HUD OIG has contracted with CliftonLarsonAllen LLP (CLA) to conduct the FHA financial statement audit for the fiscal year(s) ended September 30, 2020, to express an opinion on the financial statements, as well as to report any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in internal control Read More

HUD OIG has contracted with CliftonLarsonAllen LLP (CLA) to conduct the Ginnie Mae financial statement audit for the fiscal year(s) ended September 30, 2020, to express an opinion on the financial statements, as well as to report any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in internal Read More

HUD OIG has contracted with CliftonLarsonAllen LLP (CLA) to conduct the HUD consolidated financial statement audit for the fiscal year(s) ended September 30, 2020, to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements, as well as to report any significant deficiencies and material Read More

HUD OIG is reviewing HUD’s fraud risks identified for funds received from the Coronavirus Aid Recovery and Economic Stability Act for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) programs.  Our objective will be to gain an understanding of HUD’s fraud risk Read More

HUD OIG is auditing HUD’s disaster preparedness from 2005 to 2018.  We performed this audit due to an agreement with six other Inspectors General as part of a Disaster Assistance Working Group-Cross Cutting Functional Effort by the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency Read More

HUD OIG is reviewing a public housing authority in Texas after receiving complaints about the Authority’s management and oversight.  The review objective is to determine whether the Authority followed Federal and its own procurement requirements for the board’s legal services, paid its Read More

HUD OIG is reviewing an Ohio Housing Authority’s public housing program.  The Authority received more than $8.3 million in operating subsidies and more than $5.7 million in Capital Fund grants in fiscal year 2018. The audit objective is to determine whether the Authority complied with Federal Read More

HUD OIG is reviewing the State of North Carolina’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster (CDBG-DR) program.  The State received an appropriation of more than $741 million in CDBG-DR funding.  The review objective was to determine whether the State of North Carolina has the capacity Read More

HUD OIG is reviewing HUD’s efforts to achieve quality and safer public housing.  On December 5, 2016, HUD finalized a rule requiring all public housing agencies to implement a smoke-free policy by July 30, 2018.  The review objective was to determine whether HUD ensured that the public Read More

HUD OIG is auditing rent credits that HUD received from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) during fiscal years 2015 through 2018 in exchange for financial contributions for building improvements.  We initiated this audit due to concerns we identified while completing a review of Read More

HUD OIG is reviewing a housing authority in New Jersey.  The authority owns and manages public housing units for low-income families, and conducts administrative functions for other housing agencies under interagency agreements.  The review objective is to determine whether the authority Read More

HUD OIG is reviewing HUD’s grant closeout process.  The Grants Oversight and New Efficiency (GONE) Act was enacted in 2016 and requires Federal agencies to report on certain expired grants and awards, and to take appropriate action to close them out.  The review objectives are to Read More

HUD OIG is reviewing a housing authority in New York.  The authority has more than two dozen housing developments including one that has been mostly vacant for years.  The review objective is to determine whether the authority properly managed the vacant development.

HUD OIG is reviewing a housing authority in New Jersey.  The authority owns and manages public housing units to serve low-income families and was designated as high risk by HUD in 2017.  The review objective is to determine whether the Authority administered its Public Housing program in Read More

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 Read More

HUD OIG is auditing HUD's Office of Single-Family Housing - Federal Housing Administration (FHA) program partly in response to media reports which have highlighted instances when lenders did not properly administer the COVID-19 forbearance options.  The audit objective is to determine whether Read More

HUD OIG is conducting a limited review of HUD's administration of supplemental operating funds under the CARES Act.  The CARES Act authorized an additional $685 million in public housing operating funds to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19.  The review objective is to assess Read More