Top Management Challenges

We performed a review of the U.S.

As part of a Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) Disaster Assistance Working Group cross-cutting initiative, we summarized the conclusions, findings, and recommendations of 28 reports related to the Federal Government’s natural disaster preparedness and response…

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Native American Programs’ sale of defaulted loan notes and real estate-owned (REO) properties on tribal trust and other restricted lands. We performed this audit as a result of congressional interest in the Section 184…

HUD established procedures in the Lead Safe Housing Rule in 1999 to eliminate lead-based paint hazards, as far as practicable, in public housing.  However, it did not have a plan to manage lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards in public housing.  Additionally, HUD generally did not monitor…

While conducting an ongoing audit of the Philadelphia Housing Authority’s (Authority) management of lead-based paint hazards in its public housing units, we identified a significant gap in HUD’s program requirements related to safe work practices, which we believe requires immediate action by HUD. …

HUD OIG is auditing HUD's oversight of the physical conditions of project based rental assistance (PBRA) and Federal Housing Administration (FHA)‐insured project‐based voucher (PBV) units converted under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program. RAD was implemented to preserve and improve…

HUD OIG initiated an audit of the City of New Orleans’ Community Development Block Grant National Disaster Resilience (CDBG-NDR) Grant. The audit objective is to determine whether the City’s CDBG NDR grant projects and management were effective in assisting the City in recovering from past disaster…

HUD OIG is auditing oversight of the physical conditions of non-FHA insured project-based voucher (PBV) units converted under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program. RAD was implemented to preserve and improve public housing units and address the nationwide backlog of deferred…

HUD OIG is auditing the Office of Single Family Housing Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Resource Center.  The FHA Resource Center is a valuable and useful tool for consumers that provides answers to consumers' questions or concerns on a variety of topics, including housing discrimination.

HUD OIG has initiated an attestation engagement of HUD’s Fiscal Year 2022 National Drug Control activities. Our objective is to obtain limited assurance about whether any material modifications should be made to HUD’s assertions on its drug control funding and accompanying fiscal year 2022 reports…