HUD and CoCs Collection and Use of Homelessness Data to Assess Performance
HUD OIG is auditing HUD's Continuum of Care (CoC) program, which is a grant program designed to promote community wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness. A CoC is a regional or local planning body that coordinates housing and services funding for homeless families and individuals and Read More
May 01, 2023
Work Start Notification
#A23LA0095
Justice Department Announces Launch of Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Environmental Crimes Task Force
The Justice Department today announced the launch of the Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Environmental Crimes Task Force to investigate and prosecute violations of federal law harming the environment, wildlife and human health, and associated fraud, waste and abuse in the region.
The Read More
May 11, 2023
News
Press Release
Servicer Post-Moratorium Foreclosures
HUD OIG is auditing a California-based mortgage lender that services FHA single-family loans. Servicers initiate foreclosure when defaulted borrowers cannot or will not resume and complete their mortgage payments. Our objective is to determine whether the servicer (1) established that borrowers Read More
May 01, 2023
Work Start Notification
#KC 23 0009
Servicer Post-Moratorium Foreclosures
HUD OIG is auditing an Oklahoma-based mortgage lender that services FHA single-family loans. Servicers initiate foreclosure when defaulted borrowers cannot or will not resume and complete their mortgage payments. Our objective is to determine whether the servicer (1) established that borrowers were Read More
May 01, 2023
Work Start Notification
#KC 23 0006
COVID-19 Moratorium Foreclosures
HUD OIG is conducting an audit of HUD's Office of Single Family Housing's oversight of the COVID-19 foreclosure moratorium. Using a moratorium beginning March 18, 2020 through July 31, 2021, Section 4022 of the CARES Act temporarily prohibited foreclosures, with the exception of vacant or abandoned Read More
May 01, 2023
Work Start Notification
#KC 23 0008
HUD Incorrectly Approved $42 Million in Operating Subsidies for Phase-Down for Demolition Add-On Funding
We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Public and Indian Housing, phase-down for demolition add-on funding (phase-down funding) calculations for the Public Housing Operating Fund program. We initiated the audit based on results of a prior audit that Read More
June 11, 2006
Report
#2006-BO-0001
Benton Harbor Housing Commission Public Housing Capital Fund Program, Benton Harbor, Michigan
We audited the Benton Harbor Housing Commission's (Commission) Public Housing Captial Fund program (program). The audit was conducted based upon a request from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Detroit Office of Public Housing. Our objectives were to determine whether the Read More
May 18, 2006
Report
#2006-CH-1010
Housing Authority of the City of Gary Section 8 Housing Program, Gary, IN
We audited the Housing Authority of the City of Gary's (Authority) Section 8 housing program. The audit was part of the activities in our fiscal year 2005 annual audit plan. We selected the Authority based upon a risk analysis the identified it as having a high risk Section 8 housing program. The Read More
September 29, 2005
Report
#2005-CH-1020
Kankakee County Housing Authority Low-Rent Housing Program, Kankakee, IL
We audited the Kankakee County Housing Authority's (Authority) Low-Rent Housing Program. The audit was conducted in response to a citizen's complaint to our office and was part of our comprehensive audit of the Authority. The object of our audit was to determine whether the Authority administered Read More
April 08, 2005
Report
#2005-CH-1010
Kankakee County Housing Authority Section 8 Housing Program
We completed an audit of the Kankakee Count Housing Authority's Section 8 Housing Program. The audit was conducted based upon a citizen's complaint to our Office. The objectives of our audit were to determine where the Authority: (1) administered its Section 8 Program in an efficient and effective Read More
November 26, 2003
Report
#2004-CH-1001
HUD-Held Vacant Loan Sales Controls for Mission Driven Entities
HUD OIG is auditing the Office of Asset Sales' HUD-Held Vacant Loan Sale (HVLS) program, which is another disposition option for defaulted FHA notes HUD uses to reduce losses and improve recoveries for FHA’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. In the HLVS 2022-2 part 1 sale, 703 loans were awarded to Read More
April 01, 2023
Work Start Notification
#KC 23 0007
End of Preliminary Research – Program Management Improvement Accountability Act of 2016
The Office of Evaluation began preliminary research related to the Program Management Improvement Accountability Act (PMIAA) of 2016. The objective was to determine how HUD has implemented and complied with the requirements of PMIAA. After completing informational interviews with HUD Read More
April 28, 2023
Memorandum
#2022-OE-0006
FY 2023 HUD Travel and Purchase Cards Continuous Monitoring
HUD OIG is conducting continuous monitoring of HUD’s travel and purchase cards usage. Cardholders and approving officials are expected to follow published requirements and exercise a standard of care in acquiring goods and services that is necessary and reasonable (i.e., not extravagant or Read More
May 01, 2023
Work Start Notification
#FO 23 0007
The Adams County Housing Authority, Gettysburg, PA, Did Not Administer Its Housing Choice Voucher Program According to HUD Requirements
Reimburse its program $279 from non-Federal funds for the ineligible payment it made due to the conflict-of-interest situation identified by the audit.
Open Recommendation
The Adams County Housing Authority, Gettysburg, PA, Did Not Administer Its Housing Choice Voucher Program According to HUD Requirements
Develop and implement controls to prevent and detect conflict-of-interest situations.
Open Recommendation
The Adams County Housing Authority, Gettysburg, PA, Did Not Administer Its Housing Choice Voucher Program According to HUD Requirements
Provide documentation to show that indirect payroll expenses totaling $225,182 charged to the program were reasonable and necessary or repay its program from non-Federal funds for any amount that it cannot support.
Open Recommendation
The Adams County Housing Authority, Gettysburg, PA, Did Not Administer Its Housing Choice Voucher Program According to HUD Requirements
Develop and implement a cost allocation plan to use as a basis for charging indirect payroll expenses to the program.
Open Recommendation
The Adams County Housing Authority, Gettysburg, PA, Did Not Administer Its Housing Choice Voucher Program According to HUD Requirements
Provide documentation to show that administrative fees totaling $47,376 were used to perform administrative duties for the program or repay its program from non-Federal funds for any amount that it cannot support.
Open Recommendation
The Adams County Housing Authority, Gettysburg, PA, Did Not Administer Its Housing Choice Voucher Program According to HUD Requirements
Develop and implement controls to ensure that administrative fees are used to perform administrative duties for the program.
Open Recommendation
The Adams County Housing Authority, Gettysburg, PA, Did Not Administer Its Housing Choice Voucher Program According to HUD Requirements
Certify, along with the owners of the 10 units cited in the finding, that the applicable housing quality standards violations have been corrected.
Open Recommendation