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Parent Oversight Areas

Assessing the Overlap of Housing Choice Voucher Payments and FHA-Insured Mortgages

HUD OIG is initiating an audit of HUD's Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program.  The HCV Program is the Federal government's major program for providing housing assistance to over 2.3 million American families.  Our objective is to determine whether individuals improperly received Housing Choice Voucher Program rental assistance payments while holding an FHA-insured mortgage.

An Illinois Public Housing Agency’s Crime Prevention and Tenant Eligibility Determination

HUD OIG is auditing a public housing agency located in Illinois. The housing authority owns and manages public housing units and administers a housing choice voucher program. Our objective is to (1) determine whether the Authority complied with HUD’s and its own requirements for verifying eligibility of individuals for HUD assisted housing based on criminal activity, citizenship, and immigration status, and (2) assess the Authority’s practices for preventing and addressing criminal activity.

A California’s Public Housing Agency’s Crime Prevention and Tenant Eligibility Determination

HUD OIG is auditing a public housing agency located in California. The housing authority owns and manages public housing units and administers a housing choice voucher program. Our objective is to (1) determine whether the Authority complied with HUD’s and its own requirements for verifying eligibility of individuals for HUD assisted housing based on criminal activity, citizenship, and immigration status, and (2) assess the Authority’s practices for preventing and addressing criminal activity.

A District of Columbia Housing Authority's Crime Prevention and Tenant Eligibility Determination

HUD OIG is auditing a public housing agency located in the District of Columbia. The housing authority owns and manages public housing units and administers a housing choice voucher program. Our objective is to (1) determine whether the Authority complied with HUD’s and its own requirements for verifying eligibility of individuals for HUD assisted housing based on criminal activity, citizenship, and immigration status, and (2) assess the Authority’s practices for preventing and addressing criminal activity.

Management of a New York Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assisted Multifamily Property

HUD OIG is reviewing a Section 8 project-based rental assisted multifamily property in New York. Under a rental assistance contract, the property owner agrees to manage assisted units subject to Federal requirements. HUD agrees to pay subsidies to make up the difference between the low, income-based rents to tenants and previously agreed upon contract rents. Our objective is to determine whether the property owner properly calculated tenant rental subsides in accordance with applicable HUD requirements.

Management of a Maryland Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-Insured Multifamily Property

HUD OIG is reviewing a Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured multifamily property in Maryland.  The property owner manages units in accordance with its regulatory agreement which includes restrictions on the use of project funds and assets.  Our objective is to determine whether the property was managed in accordance with its regulatory agreement.

HUD's Inventory Management System/PIH Information Center (IMS/PIC) Fatal Errors- Housing Choice Voucher Program

HUD OIG is auditing HUD's Inventory Management System/PIH Information Center (IMS/PIC) fatal errors related to its Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program. Fatal errors, which result from inaccurate or incomplete data, are serious in nature and prevent PHAs from submitting data from HUD form 50058 into IMS/PIC. Our audit objective is to determine the extent and impact of IMS/PIC identified fatal errors on public housing agencies’ (PHA) Housing Choice Voucher Programs.

Management of a California Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-Insured Multifamily Property

HUD OIG is reviewing a Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured multifamily property in California. The property owner manages units in accordance with its regulatory agreement which includes restrictions on the use of project funds and assets. Our objective is to determine whether the property was managed in accordance with its regulatory agreement.

HUD's Office of Public and Indian Housing Needs to Improve Its Oversight of Non-FHA-Insured PBV Projects Converted Under RAD

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.