HUD Needs to Improve Its Award and Oversight of Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control and Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grants
We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes’ (OLHCHH) oversight of Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control (LBPHC) and Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration (LHRD) grant programs. These programs help reduce lead hazards in low-income households, particularly with young children. Between fiscal years 2020 and 2022, OLHCHH awarded more than $353 million in competitive…
January 27, 2026
Report
#2026-LA-0002
Carbon Monoxide in HUD-Assisted Housing
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program offices issued departmental notices to inform public housing agencies (PHA) and owners of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021’s (the Act) requirements. In addition, HUD program offices planned to use HUD’s revised physical inspection processes to ensure that PHAs and owners complied with the Act, namely under its new National Standards for the Physical Inspection…
October 26, 2023
Report
#2022-OE-0004