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HUD’s Use of Contractors

The Federal Government may choose to outsource for products or services using contracts and contractors.  HUD-owned and contractor-supported products and services are core to achieving HUD’s mission.  In FY 2017, HUD awarded 2,338 contracts, modifications, and task orders valued at $3.9 billion.  Specifically, HUD awarded 1,598 contracts totaling $3.1 billion in ultimate contract value for FY 2017.  While 19 HUD offices awarded FY 2017 contracts to achieve their goals, 4 HUD offices – the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), the

SAR 80 - Semiannual Report to Congress for the period ending September 30, 2018

The Inspector General Act of 1978 requires the Inspector General to prepare semiannual reports summarizing the activities of the Office of Inspector General for the preceding six-month periods. The semiannual reports are intended to keep the Secretary and the Congress fully informed of significant findings, progress the Agency has made and recommendations for improvement.

 

HUD Has Challenges Measuring the Impact of Homeownership Counseling

We audited the HUD Office of Housing Counseling to assess its processes for achieving its goal to advance homeownership through prepurchase and postpurchase homeownership counseling, including its use of performance metrics and the collection and use of outcome data.  We selected this review because housing counseling plays a significant role in improving housing outcomes for home buyers, homeowners, and renters.

Improper Payment Estimate for HUD’s Public and Indian Housing Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (PIH-TBRA) Program

HUD OIG is initiating an audit to estimate improper payments in HUD’s Tenant-Based Rental Assistance program (TBRA) under the Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH). HUD has not been able to perform an estimate of this program as required by the Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA) of 2019 for the last 8 years. Our objective is to determine whether a sample of housing assistance payments (HAP) in the PIH-TBRA program are proper; if improper, then we will estimate the total improper and unknown payments. 

HUD Can Improve Its Efforts To Meet the National Drug Control Strategy Reporting Requirements

The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) leads and coordinates the Nation’s drug policy to improve the health and lives of the American people, including the development and implementation of the National Drug Control Strategy (the Strategy).  ONDCP evaluates the effectiveness of national drug control policy efforts, the Strategy’s goals and objectives, and each National Drug Control Program Agency’s program-level measures.  On February 27, 2024, after determining the U.S.

Assessing the completeness of HUD’s subaward data on USAspending.gov

HUD OIG is auditing HUD’s subaward data reported in USAspending.gov. Doing this work will provide the current condition and challenges faced by grantees to comply with subaward data reporting requirements. Our audit objective is to determine the if prime grant recipients of HUD funding reported all of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) requirements for their subawards on USASpending.gov, including the amount of the subaward and a description of the products or services provided.


 

HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development Can Improve Its Monitoring of Civil Rights Compliance

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Community Planning and Development’s (CPD) monitoring of grantees’ compliance with civil rights requirements. Our audit focused on the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME). Our audit objective was to assess the extent to which CPD monitored civil rights compliance in its program activities.

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