We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Residential Care Facilities’ (ORCF), oversight of Section 232 residential care facilities’ mortgage insurance program. We performed this audit because HUD-insured residential care facility loan defaults were rising. As of June 2024, 167 of the 3,670 HUD-insured Section 232 borrowers, or nearly 5 percent, defaulted on their mortgages. These 167 loans had an unpaid principal balance of more than $1.1 billion.