We reviewed alleged violations of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) requirements.  The alleged violations related to fraudulent expense reimbursements sought and received by a contractor from CDBG funds.  The Department of Read More

We audited the City of Toledo’s Community Development Block Grant-funded Code Violation Abatement Program as part of the activities in our fiscal year 2013 annual audit plan.  We selected the City’s Program based upon recent media attention regarding the City’s programs, a request by the Read More

 We audited the selection and award of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) fiscal year 2010  HOPE VI revitalization grants, based on a hotline complaint alleging that HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) (1) selected and awarded fiscal year 2011 HOPE Read More

We audited the Harris County Housing Authority, Houston, TX, at the request of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Fort Worth Office Director of Public and Indian Housing.  The request followed a series of news articles alleging mismanagement and extravagant spending Read More

In accordance with our regional plan to review public housing programs and because of weaknesses identified by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), we reviewed the Housing Authority of the City of Idabel, OK.  Our objectives were to determine whether the Authority’s Read More

We audited the Housing Authority of the City of New Brunswick’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Capital Fund Program based upon a risk analysis of authorities administered through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Newark, NJ field office, which considered the Read More

HUD-OIG reviewed the Cheyenne Housing Authority's (Authority) administration and management contract with Housing Operations and Management, Incorporated (contractor), to determine whether the Authority awarded the contract in accordance with federal procurement requirements. The Authority did not Read More

Testimony of The Honorable David A. Montoya Inspector General Office of Inspector General U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on HUD Management Issues (03/29/2012)

Testimony of the Honorable David A. Montoya, Inspector General, before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies on HUD Management Issues (03/14/2013)

Testimony of the Honorable David A. Montoya Inspector General before the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies on the Federal Housing Administration (6/04/2013)

The Inspector General Act of 1978 requires the Inspector General to prepare semiannual reports summarizing the activities of the Office of Inspector General for the preceding six month periods. The semiannual reports are intended to keep the Secretary and the Congress fully informed of significant Read More

KBAK Eyewitness News BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty Monday to bank fraud in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme in Bakersfield, according to federal prosecutors. Nine people were named in an indictment last summer. Ricardo Fabian Salinas, 34, is scheduled Read More

The New York Times Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of New York announced this week that he plans to sue Bank of America and Wells Fargo for failure to adhere to the terms of a $26 billion settlement that was supposed to provide relief to homeowners and end foreclosure abuses...

lohud.com YONKERS — The city is cleaning up from years of shoddy record keeping and seeking millions of dollars from delinquent borrowers in a troubled federal job-creation loan program. In a report Monday, Yonkers Inspector General Kitley Covill documented the city’s progress collecting back due Read More

News-Herald.com A Kirtland man was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for being part of a mortgage fraud scheme that cost lenders more than $2.2 million. Kevin D. Barcomb, 39, was also ordered to pay the entire amount of restitution to lenders after his release at a rate of no less than 10 Read More