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Open
Closed
Funds Put to Better Use
Funds Put to Better Use
Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.
Questioned Costs
Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
Sensitive
Sensitive
Sensitive information refers to information that could have a damaging import if released to the public and, therefore, must be restricted from public disclosure.
Priority
Priority
We believe these open recommendations, if implemented, will have the greatest impact on helping HUD achieve its mission to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all.
2022-FO-0005 | June 27, 2022
HUD Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019
Chief Financial Officer
2022-FO-0005-001-A
PriorityIn collaboration with all involved program offices, develop and implement a sampling methodology that allows for a sample size that reasonably allows for the testing of the complete payment cycle within the PIIA reporting timeframe.
2021-OE-0001 | February 17, 2022
Fiscal Year 2021 Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) Evaluation Report
Chief Information Officer
2021-OE-0001-06
SensitivePriorityThe OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.2021-OE-0001-07
SensitivePriorityThe OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.2021-OE-0001-08
SensitivePriorityThe OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.
2022-FO-0801 | October 12, 2021
Fraud Risk Inventory for the CDBG and ESG CARES Act Funds
Community Planning and Development
2022-FO-0801-001-B
PriorityComplete a program-specific fraud risk assessment and risk profile for the CDBG and ESG programs, with emphasis on CARES Act funding, and replicate this process to create program-specific fraud assessments and risk profiles for other CPD programs.
2021-AT-0002 | May 17, 2021
HUD Did Not Fully Comply With the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019
Chief Financial Officer
2021-AT-0002-001-A
PriorityFor the MF-RAP, PIH-TBRA, and CPD-HIM programs, ensure that the program improper payments rate estimates adequately test for and include improper payments of Federal funding that are made by State, local, and other organizations administering these programs and adequately disclose any limitations imposed or encountered when reporting on improper payments, to a degree that fairly informs users of the respective reported information.
2020-OE-0003 | April 12, 2021
HUD Program Offices’ Policies and Approaches for Radon
Community Planning and Development
2020-OE-0003-01
PriorityDevelop and issue a departmentwide policy that notes that radon is a radioactive substance and outlines HUD's requirements to test for and mitigate excessive radon levels in accordance with 24 CFR 50.3(i)(1) and 58.5(i)(2)(i).
2020-CH-0005 | August 21, 2020
HUD Needs To Improve Its Oversight of Lead in the Water of Multifamily Housing Units
Housing
2020-CH-0005-001-A
PriorityDevelop and implement an action plan that includes sufficient policies, procedures, and controls that address households living in multifamily housing units having a sufficient supply of safe drinking water. Such policies, procedures, and controls should include but not be limited to (1) developing and implementing internal procedures to be notified, and share with the owners and management agents of the multifamily housing properties, when the public water systems’ water exceeds the Environmental Protection Agency’s lead action level and (2) revising HUD’s applicable regulations, providing guidance to the owners and management agents, and taking appropriate actions so that households living in multifamily housing units have a sufficient supply of safe drinking water.
2019-OE-0002 | June 25, 2020
HUD Fiscal Year 2019 Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) Evaluation Report
Chief Information Officer
2019-OE-0002-07
SensitivePriorityThe OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.2019-OE-0002-16
SensitivePriorityThe OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.
2019-KC-0003 | September 30, 2019
FHA Insured at Least $13 Billion in Loans to Ineligible Borrowers With Delinquent Federal Tax Debt
Housing
2019-KC-0003-001-A
$6,130,757,970PriorityRequire lenders to obtain the borrowers’ consent to verify the existence of delinquent Federal taxes with the IRS during loan origination and deny any applicant with delinquent Federal tax debt and no payment plan or a noncompliant payment plan or an applicant refusing to provide consent from receiving FHA insurance to put at least $6.1 billion to better use by avoiding potential future costs to the FHA insurance fund.
2018-OE-0003 | October 31, 2018
HUD Fiscal Year 2018 Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) Evaluation Report
Chief Information Officer
2018-OE-0003-08
SensitivePriorityThe OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.
2018-LA-0007 | September 27, 2018
HUD Paid an Estimated $413 Million for Unnecessary Preforeclosure Claim Interest and Other Costs Due to Lender Servicing Delays
Housing
2018-LA-0007-001-A
$413,513,975PriorityImplement a change to regulations at 24 CFR Part 203 to require curtailment of preforeclosure interest and other costs that are caused by lender servicing delays, resulting in $413,513,975 in funds to be put to better use. This should include updating or seeking statutory authority to update HUD’s regulations as necessary and coordinating with HUD’s Office of Finance and Budget, well before any changes go through departmental clearance, to ensure that planned curtailment requirements can be consistently enforced through the claims process.
2017-KC-0001 | October 14, 2016
FHA Paid Claims for an Estimated 239,000 Properties That Servicers Did Not Foreclose Upon or Convey on Time
Housing
2017-KC-0001-001-A
$2,238,721,464PriorityIssue a change to regulations at 24 CFR Part 203, which would avoid unnecessary costs to the FHA insurance fund, allowing an estimated $2.23 billion to be put to better use. These changes include (1) a maximum period for filing insurance claims and (2) disallowance of expenses incurred beyond established timeframes.
2014-KC-0002 | July 02, 2014
The Data in CAIVRS Did Not Agree with the Data in FHA’s Default and Claims System
Housing
2014-KC-0002-001-B
$9,501,619PriorityUpdate selection rules for CAIVRS to provide for complete reporting of all ineligible borrowers to put $9.5 million to better use.