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HUD OIG is reviewing an organization in the state of Washington and its use of Continuum of Care (CoC) funds. The CoC Program is designed to end homelessness through a community-wide effort by providing funds to nonprofits, Indian Tribes, Tribal Designated Housing Entities, and State and local governments. Our evaluation will determine whether the grantee used CoC program funds towards eligible costs.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an evaluation of the operational effectiveness of information technology (IT) security controls for the HUDUSER system, which is operated by HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R). The OIG identified four significant weaknesses involving website security, underscoring the need to strengthen technical security controls. To address these findings, we provide eight new recommendations, which will be formally tracked by our office.
We conducted an audit on the effectiveness of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program’s Life Expectancy Set Asides (LESA). The LESA is a set aside portion of the HECM mortgage that makes property tax, hazard insurance, and flood insurance payments on behalf of certain financially vulnerable borrowers. While not guaranteed, the LESA funds are intended to last for the full duration of the borrower’s life expectancy.
Robert Lawler serves as the Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Investigations – Field Operations at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General (HUD OIG). In this role, Mr. Lawler helps oversee nationwide criminal and civil investigative activities addressing fraud, waste, abuse, and misconduct impacting HUD programs and operations.
Vanessa Freeman serves as the Assistant Inspector General for Investigations at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General (HUD OIG). Ms. Freeman brings extensive investigative leadership experience across federal oversight, global security operations, and interagency partnerships. She oversees investigative efforts aimed at protecting the integrity of HUD programs and strengthening accountability across diverse and high‑risk environments.
HUD OIG is reviewing a residential care facility in New York. This facility owns and manages a long-term care facility, senior apartment residence, and retirement community programs and has a reported unpaid principal mortgage balance of more than $8 million as of December 31, 2025. Our audit objective is to determine if the facility was operated in accordance with its regulatory agreement and HUD requirements.
As part of our mission to safeguard the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) programs from fraud, waste, and abuse, and to identify opportunities for HUD programs to progress and succeed, we selected Colorado for a review of potential improper payments. Our audit objective was to determine whether Colorado made improper non-Federal match activity payments. We also assessed whether the Office of Community Planning and Development’s Office of Disaster Recovery (CPD ODR) had sufficient and adequate controls to prevent improper match payments.
