The Boston Housing Authority, Boston, MA, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's Requirements for Its Housing Choice Voucher Program Units
Update publications and educational materials to owners to ensure that they understand their reporting responsibilities to HUD regarding confirmed cases of children with EBLLs.
Open Recommendation
The Boston Housing Authority, Boston, MA, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's Requirements for Its Housing Choice Voucher Program Units
Develop and implement procedures and controls for coordinating with public health departments and managing cases of children with EBLLs, including monitoring owners for compliance with the requirements of the LSHR.
Open Recommendation
The Boston Housing Authority, Boston, MA, Did Not Always Comply With HUD's Requirements for Its Housing Choice Voucher Program Units
Work with HUD’s OLHCHH to provide technical assistance to the Authority’s staff to develop and implement procedures and controls for monitoring owners for compliance with HUD’s EBLL requirements and attempting to collaborate with local health departments to identify cases of EBLL in children under Read More
Open Recommendation
FHEO Faces Challenges in Completing Investigations Within 100 Days
We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity update protocols to promote consistent expectations for timely supervisory, legal, and headquarters reviews of complex cases.
Open Recommendation
FHEO Faces Challenges in Completing Investigations Within 100 Days
We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity review and update the MOUs with OGC for each region to identify and remove inefficiencies that can lead to longer FHEO investigation times and OGC review times and identify best practices that can be Read More
Open Recommendation
FHEO Faces Challenges in Completing Investigations Within 100 Days
We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity review and update investigative processes followed by each regional office to identify best practices that can be implemented across all regions and identify and remove inefficiencies that can lead to longer Read More
Open Recommendation
HUD Grantees Need to Enhance Monitoring of ESG CARES Act Subrecipients
Take corrective action for the subrecipient monitoring and agreement issues cited for eight of the ESG-CV grantees reviewed, and provide additional guidance and technical assistance as needed to ensure that they understand requirements.
Open Recommendation
HUD Grantees Need to Enhance Monitoring of ESG CARES Act Subrecipients
Develop and implement additional subrecipient monitoring training and guidance for all ESG grantees.
Open Recommendation
Letter to Senator Ernst Regarding Issuance of Evaluation in Response to Request for Oversight of Telework, Locality Pay, and Other Matters
October 10, 2024, letter from Inspector General Oliver Davis responding to a request from Senator Ernst for oversight of telework, locality pay, and other matters.
October 10, 2024
Correspondence
Toccaro Greene
Ms. Toccaro Greene serves as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General (OIG). In support of the organization’s business objectives and driving its digital transformation, she leads the team responsible for the Read More
Staff
Former Whitefish Housing Authority executive director admits embezzling at least $100,000
MISSOULA — The former executive director of the Whitefish Housing Authority today admitted to embezzling at least $100,000 from the organization, which receives federal funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.The defendant, Dwarne Lamont Read More
October 09, 2024
News
Press Release
Bob Dean Jr. and Affiliated Corporate Entities Agree to $8.2M Consent Judgment to Resolve Allegations of Financial Misconduct Stemming from Evacuation of Nursing Homes During Hurricane Ida
Bob Dean Jr. and several companies that he owned and operated have agreed to an $8.2 million consent judgment to resolve allegations that they violated the National Housing Act of 1934 (NHA), by misappropriating and misusing the assets and income of four nursing homes in Louisiana before and after Read More
October 08, 2024
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Press Release
Evaluation of HUD’s Use and Oversight of Telework and Remote Work
WASHINGTON DC— Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report assessing HUD’s use of telework and remote work programs, the administration of locality pay, and the support provided to supervisors that oversee employee Read More
October 08, 2024
News
Press Release
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Use and Oversight of Telework and Remote Work
As of January 2024, 85 percent of HUD employees had approved telework agreements, and 9 percent had approved remote work agreements. HUD estimated that 31 percent of remote employees were remote as a reasonable accommodation. Most of HUD’s remote workers served in a limited number of Read More
October 04, 2024
Report
# 2024-OE-0004
Newark Businessman Admits Bribing Former Newark Deputy Mayor and Director of Newark Department of Economic and Housing Development
NEWARK, N.J. – A Newark business owner today admitted bribing a former city official in exchange for that official’s assistance in acquiring and redeveloping Newark-owned properties, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.Irwin Sablosky, 64, of Springfield, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U. Read More
October 02, 2024
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Press Release
Leessa Augustine, Former Sewerage & Water Board Special Agent and New Orleans Police Officer, Indicted for Multiple Fraud Schemes
NEW ORLEANS - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LEESSA AUGUSTINE (“AUGUSTINE”), age 46, was indicted on September 20, 2024 for her involvement in multiple fraud schemes while employed as a Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans (“S&WB”) Senior Special Agent, a Read More
September 23, 2024
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Press Release
James B. Nutter & Company to Pay $2.4M for Allegedly Causing False Claims for Federal Mortgage Insurance
James B. Nutter & Company, a former mortgage lender located in Kansas City, Missouri, has agreed to pay $2.4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 by knowingly underwriting Home Equity Read More
September 23, 2024
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Press Release
Former Employee Of Global Security And Aerospace Company Charged With Mail Fraud, Theft Of Government Property
Defendant Allegedly Misrepresented He Was in the Military to Obtain Additional Pay and BenefitsSAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury indicted Omar Naziry, a former employee of a global security and aerospace company, with mail fraud for falsely representing he was in the military to obtain pay and Read More
September 27, 2024
News
Press Release
FHEO Faces Challenges in Completing Investigations Within 100 Days
We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity’s (FHEO) challenges in completing housing discrimination investigations within 100 days. We initiated the audit due to the number of investigations reported in FHEO’s annual Read More
September 24, 2024
Report
#2024-BO-0005
HUD Has Met the Responsibilities of the Geospatial Data Act of 2018 During the Implementation Phase
The Geospatial Data of 2018 (the Act) governs the collection, production, acquisition, maintenance, distribution, use, and preservation of geospatial data of covered agencies, including the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). We audited the U.S. Department of Housing Read More
September 20, 2024
Report
#2024-LA-0002