Assessing PHAs Controls for Preventing and Combating Source of Income Discrimination | Office of Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development

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Title	Announced	Priority Area	Program Area	State
Assessing PHAs Controls for Preventing and Combating Source of Income Discrimination	02/2024	Preventing Discrimination in Housing	Public and Indian Housing	California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington

Summary

HUD OIG is auditing public housing authorities' controls over source of income discrimination. As of February 2023, 20 states have passed laws prohibiting discrimination against voucher holders by officially designing source of income as a protected class. The audit objective is to assess the extent to which public housing authorities have implemented controls to prevent and combat source of income discrimination.