Repay $743,344 disbursed for the 17 ineligible grants to its Road Home program.

Review all of the remaining 392 grants coded ineligible or lacking an eligibility determination and either support or repay $14,697,812 disbursed for them.

Either support or repay $441,027 disbursed for five unsupported grants.

Repay $294,060 disbursed for three ineligible grants to its Road Home program.

PHOENIX – Today, Arizona Attorney Kris Mayes announced a sentencing in the case of Jalil Al-Kinani, who stole federal funding by defrauding the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). On July 9, 2025, Al-Kinani was sentenced to 18-months of supervised probation, and was ordered to Read More

We audited Neighborhood Loans, Inc., to evaluate its quality control (QC) program for originating and underwriting Single Family FHA-insured loans. Our audit covered the period October 2020 through September 2022.  We selected Neighborhood Loans for review based on its increasing loan volume Read More

HUD OIG is initiating an audit to estimate improper payments in HUD’s Project-Based Assistance program (PBRA) under the Office of Multi-Family Housing (MF). HUD has not been able to perform an estimate of this program as required by the Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA) of 2019 for the last Read More

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to determine whether HUD had adequate oversight of the physical condition of the public housing units that converted to non-Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured project-based vouchers (PBV) under RAD.We found HUD needs to Read More

Defendant Caused an Estimated Loss to the U.S. Government of $225,866WASHINGTON – Crissy Monique Baker, 45, a federal employee from Fairfax, Virginia, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to making false, fictitious, or fraudulent claims in connection with claiming to work more hours for the Read More

HUD OIG is auditing the HOME Investments Partnerships and HOME American Rescue Plan (ARP) programs. During 2025, grantees drew down over $1 billion in HOME program formula grant funds intended for a wide range of housing activities for low-income people, and ARP pandemic funds intended to benefit Read More

We audited Flat Branch Mortgage, Inc., to evaluate its quality control (QC) program for originating and underwriting Single Family FHA-insured loans.  Our audit covered the period October 2020 through September 2022.  We selected Flat Branch for review based on its loan volume and Read More

This report was issued from a series of six reports taking an in-depth look at how six communities used the pandemic funding they received to address a wide range of needs. This report focused on Jicarilla Apache Nation Reservation in New Mexico with a detailed look at six of the 42 pandemic Read More

June 16, 2025, Letter from Acting Inspector General Begg responding to a request from Senator Warren and Senator Murray to review recent HUD actions to terminate contracts, reduce the HUD workforce, and alter program requirements for the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR Read More

June 12, 2025, Letter from Acting Inspector General Begg to House Financial Services Chairman Hill, confirming receipt of June 3, 2025 concerns about the Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock, known as the Metropolitan Housing Authority. 

HUD OIG is auditing a public housing agency in Louisiana. The housing authority administers a housing choice voucher program, which is the federal government's largest tenant-based rental assistance program for low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Our audit objective is Read More

PROVIDENCE – A Johnston-based real estate investment firm, the company’s owner, and an employee of the real estate investment firm were sentenced in U.S. District Court today for conspiring to defraud and for defrauding homeowners, many of whom spoke little or no English, and financial Read More

June 5, 2025, Letter from Acting Inspector General Begg confirming receipt of Senator Ernst’s submission of misconduct allegations on May 29, 2025. 

Work with Multifamily Housing to investigate the 11 of 24 entities with expired SAM.gov registrations to determine if those entities should have received payments totaling $212,208,450 and perform the required follow-up actions once a determination is made.

Develop a standard operating procedure to ensure that the OCFO is 1) monitoring the DNP Computer Matching agreement to ensure continuity, 2) reporting accurately on its DNP matching, and 3) working with program offices to adjudicate any payments that are identified as potentially improper during Read More

Develop and implement a policy that clearly defines roles and responsibilities for Office of Multifamily Housing Programs’ staff for EBLL-related requirements, including the oversight of property owners’ compliance with these requirements.