Department of Housing and Urban Development

In August 2024, we issued an audit report on the California Department of Housing and Community Development’s (HCD) fraud risk management practices, finding that HCD was not adequately prepared to prevent, detect, and respond to fraud due to the lack of focus it placed on fraud risks and...

Fraud poses a significant risk to the integrity of federal programs and erodes public trust in government. For the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) disaster recovery programs, fraud results in communities and individuals not receiving needed assistance to recover from and...

We recently issued an audit report on the City and County of Honolulu’s (City) fraud risk management practices, which determined the grantee did not adequately develop a fraud risk management framework for the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding provided for the...

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) oversight of the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration program. We also reviewed three of the 39 initial MTW public housing agencies (PHA) for compliance with the MTW program’s statutory requirements. We selected the three PHAs for...

We have reviewed the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) Detailed Accounting Report and the related management assertions for National Drug Control Program activities for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025. We also reviewed the Budget Formulation Compliance Report, which...

Beginning in 2021, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted several audits to assess HUD’s anti-fraud efforts and to develop inventories of fraud risks for several of its programs. Our previous work found that HUD’s fraud risk management...

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Single Family Housing’s efforts to increase the supply of affordable housing. Our audit objective was to determine whether HUD met its intended outcome to increase the supply of affordable housing to owner-occupants...

The following is the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Annual Work Plan (AWP) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. The OIG conducts audits and evaluations to prevent and detect fraud and abuse and promote the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of...

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes’ (OLHCHH) oversight of Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control (LBPHC) and Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration (LHRD) grant programs. These programs help reduce lead hazards in low-income...

We contracted with the independent public accounting firm of Sikich CPA LLC to audit the financial statements of FHA as of and for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and to provide reports on FHA’s (1) internal control over financial reporting and (2) compliance with laws, regulations...