Letter to Senator Ernst Confirming Receipt of Misconduct Allegations
June 5, 2025, Letter from Acting Inspector General Begg confirming receipt of Senator Ernst’s submission of misconduct allegations on May 29, 2025.
HUD, Ginnie Mae, and FHA Inactive Obligations
We are initiating an audit of HUD’s (HUD proper, Ginnie Mae, FHA) inactive obligations. The objective of our audit is to identify and evaluate HUD’s inactive obligations to determine if they are still needed for the purposes intended, and if not, assess gaps in controls that prevented earlier deobligation.
HUD's Workforce Reductions Review
HUD OIG is doing a review of HUD's workforce reductions. The review will highlight the HUD offices that are majorly impacted by the workforce reductions and will also summarize the demographics of employees who were terminated or resigned between January 20, 2025 and May 31, 2025. The objective of this review is to provide a status of HUD’s workforce reduction efforts as of May 2025 and a snapshot of how the reduction efforts impacted the size of various offices and demographics across HUD.
HUD Should Better Track Elevated Blood Lead Levels in HUD-Assisted Multifamily Properties
Under the Lead Safe Housing Rule (LSHR), owners of multifamily properties receiving assistance from the U.S.
HUD’s Office of Single Family Housing Did Not Consistently Monitor Its Field Service Management Contractors’ Property Preservation and Protection Services
HUD’s Office of Single Family Housing did not consistently monitor its Field Service Management (FSM) contractors’ property preservation and protection services. Specifically, HUD provided inconsistent monitoring for 34 of the 79 statistically sampled records we reviewed, and these involved discrepancies between HUD’s assessment, the support, and the performance work statement. HUD did not develop and apply a clear and uniform review framework to ensure that its process and procedures provided for effective FSM contract monitoring. As a result, HUD (1) cannot