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We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) oversight of the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration program. We also reviewed three of the 39 initial MTW public housing agencies (PHA) for compliance with the MTW program’s statutory requirements. We selected the three PHAs for review based on our analysis of risk factors for initial MTW PHAs.
We recently issued an audit report on the City and County of Honolulu’s (City) fraud risk management practices, which determined the grantee did not adequately develop a fraud risk management framework for the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding provided for the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) program to prevent, detect, and respond to fraud (Audit Report No. 2024-LA-1002, issued August 6, 2024). This audit follows that recent work, in which we audited the City’s ESG CARES Act program with the objective of determining if improper payments existed.
HUD OIG is auditing Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-Insured Single Family loans issued to FHA borrowers with delinquent federal tax debt. This audit will include forward and reverse mortgages that received FHA insurance between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2025. Our audit objective is to determine whether FHA provided insurance on loans that were made to ineligible delinquent Federal tax debtors.
HUD OIG is auditing a Washington-based grantee's Community Planning and Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Community Planning and Development Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (CDBG-CV) program. The grantee was allocated about $9 million annually in CDBG funds and about $11 million in CARES Act CDBG-CV funds to address housing, homeless, community and economic needs.
HUD OIG is auditing the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program. On average annually, HOPWA provides about $456 million in grant funds and it is the only federal program dedicated to the housing needs of people living with HIV/AIDS. Our objective is to determine whether improper payments occurred near the temporary pause in federal financial assistance on January 28, 2025.
HUD OIG is auditing an Ohio nationwide lender that originates and underwrites FHA single family loans. This review will focus on more than 3,500 loans closed totaling approximately $970 million. Our objective is to determine whether the lender followed FHA rules and regulations for assets, income, liabilities, and credit when originating and underwriting single family FHA loans.
We have reviewed the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) Detailed Accounting Report and the related management assertions for National Drug Control Program activities for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025. We also reviewed the Budget Formulation Compliance Report, which includes budget formulation information for fiscal year 2027, and the related management assertions for National Drug Control Program activities.
We are initiating an audit related to FHA single family early payment default underwriting. An early payment default refers to mortgages that become 60 Days delinquent within the first six payments; the immediacy of these defaults may reflect a defect in the underwriting standards. The objective of our audit is to determine whether there are gaps in HUD's controls to ensure len ders follow FHA rules for underwriting and reporting on single family FHA loans.
