The Offices of Audit and Evaluation supervise and conduct independent and objective audits, evaluations, and other reviews of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD] programs and activities to ensure they operate economically, efficiently, and effectively. This page contains links to our audit and evaluation reports and memoranda.
Flat Branch Mortgage, Inc. Did Not Have a Sufficient Quality Control Program for FHA-Insured Loans
We audited Flat Branch Mortgage, Inc., to evaluate its quality control (QC) program for originating and underwriting Single Family FHA-insured loans. Our audit covered the period October 2020 through September 2022. We selected Flat Branch for review based on its loan volume and delinquency rate and because its rate of self-reporting loans to HUD when it identified fraud, material misrepresentations, and other material...
Junio 20, 2025
Report
#2025-NY-1003
Physical Condition of HCV Units at a Public Housing Agency in Louisiana
HUD OIG is auditing a public housing agency in Louisiana. The housing authority administers a housing choice voucher program, which is the federal government's largest tenant-based rental assistance program for low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Our audit objective is to determine whether the physical conditions of the public housing agency’s housing choice voucher program units comply with both HUD’s and...
Junio 01, 2025
Work Start Notification
#CH 25 0005
Audit of HOME and HOME ARP Grantee Draws Near Pause in Federal Funding
HUD OIG is auditing the HOME Investments Partnerships and HOME American Rescue Plan (ARP) programs. During 2025, grantees drew down over $1 billion in HOME program formula grant funds intended for a wide range of housing activities for low-income people, and ARP pandemic funds intended to benefit persons who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, or other vulnerable populations. Our objective is to identify if HOME and HOME ARP draws...
Junio 01, 2025
Work Start Notification
#LA 25 0006
A Review of Pandemic Relief Funding and How It Was Used In Six U.S. Communities: Jicarilla Apache Nation Reservation in New Mexico
This report was issued from a series of six reports taking an in-depth look at how six communities used the pandemic funding they received to address a wide range of needs. This report focused on Jicarilla Apache Nation Reservation in New Mexico with a detailed look at six of the 42 pandemic programs that provided funding to the community. This report was led by the Pandemic Relief Accountability Committee (PRAC) in coordination with...
Junio 01, 2025
Topic Brief
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HUD Should Better Track Elevated Blood Lead Levels in HUD-Assisted Multifamily Properties
Under the Lead Safe Housing Rule (LSHR), owners of multifamily properties receiving assistance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must comply with specific requirements following reports that a child under the age of 6 residing in an assisted unit has a confirmed elevated blood lead level (EBLL). Some of these requirements are (1) ensuring that an environmental investigation is conducted to determine...
Mayo 30, 2025
Memorandum
#2025-OE-0801
HUD’s Office of Single Family Housing Did Not Consistently Monitor Its Field Service Management Contractors’ Property Preservation and Protection Services
HUD’s Office of Single Family Housing did not consistently monitor its Field Service Management (FSM) contractors’ property preservation and protection services. Specifically, HUD provided inconsistent monitoring for 34 of the 79 statistically sampled records we reviewed, and these involved discrepancies between HUD’s assessment, the support, and the performance work statement. HUD did not develop and apply a clear and...
Mayo 27, 2025
Report
#2025-KC-0002
HUD Did Not Comply With the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019
HUD did not comply with PIIA because it did not report compliant improper and unknown payment estimates for the Office of Public and Indian Housing’s Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (PIH-TBRA) program and the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs’ Project-Based Rental Assistance (MF-PBRA) program. These were HUD’s two largest program expenditures, totaling more than $50 billion in fiscal year 2024. This noncompliance...
Mayo 13, 2025
Report
#2025-FO-0006
HUD's Workforce Reductions Review
HUD OIG is doing a review of HUD's workforce reductions. The review will highlight the HUD offices that are majorly impacted by the workforce reductions and will also summarize the demographics of employees who were terminated or resigned between January 20, 2025 and May 31, 2025. The objective of this review is to provide a status of HUD’s workforce reduction efforts as of May 2025 and a snapshot of how the reduction...
Mayo 01, 2025
Work Start Notification
#FO 25 0010
HUD, Ginnie Mae, and FHA Inactive Obligations
We are initiating an audit of HUD’s (HUD proper, Ginnie Mae, FHA) inactive obligations. The objective of our audit is to identify and evaluate HUD’s inactive obligations to determine if they are still needed for the purposes intended, and if not, assess gaps in controls that prevented earlier deobligation.
Mayo 01, 2025
Work Start Notification
#FO 25 0011
Disaster Recovery Biannual Report – October 2024 to March 2025
This inaugural disaster recovery biannual report and subsequent reports will provide curated information regarding the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and its grantees’ use of the more than $109 billion in disaster recovery funds approved by Congress since the 2001 World Trade Center attack, as well as information on new or completed HUD OIG oversight work related to HUD’s disaster recovery program.HUD’s...
Abril 11, 2025
Report
#2025-FW-0003
Audit of NSC Partial Claims Tracking and Collection
HUD OIG is auditing the National Servicing Center's partial claims tracking and collection. The FHA partial claim is a loss mitigation tool that helps borrowers keep their homes by advancing funds on behalf of the borrowers to reinstate delinquent FHA-insured mortgages. The objective of our audit is to determine whether the NSC serviced all due and payable partial claims in accordance with HUD rules and regulations.
Abril 01, 2025
Work Start Notification
#KC 25 0006
HUD's Implementation of the Timing of Inspections Under NSPIRE
HUD OIG is auditing HUD’s implementation of the timing for property inspections under the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE). In response to Congress’ directive, HUD developed NSPIRE to align and consolidate its inspection regulations to create a standardized inspection protocol to evaluate HUD housing across multiple programs. Our audit is to determine whether HUD has effectively...
Abril 01, 2025
Work Start Notification
#CH 25 0004
Audit of FHA Claims Without Conveyance of Title Improper Payments
HUD OIG is auditing HUD’s FHA Claims Without Conveyance of Title (CWCOT) program, which is a disposition option for foreclosed FHA loans that allows third-party sales as an alternative to conveyance of the property to HUD. During fiscal year 2024, the CWCOT program had 11,285 claims totaling more than $419 million. Our audit objective is to assess whether HUD is appropriately demanding and collecting improper payments for CWCOT loans...
Abril 01, 2025
Work Start Notification
#KC 25 0007
Assessment of the U.S. Virgin Islands Fraud Risk Management and Potential Improper Payments
HUD OIG is auditing the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). As a result of the devastation caused by hurricanes Irma and Maria during September 2017, HUD allocated almost $2 billion in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery and Mitigation funds to USVI to help it recover from the hurricanes. Our objective is to assess USVI’s fraud risk management practices including control activities to prevent, detect, and respond to fraud...
Abril 01, 2025
Work Start Notification
#FW 25 0005
Public and Indian Housing (PIH) Information Technology (IT) Modernization Resourcing Evaluation
The OIG Office of Evaluation is initiating an evaluation of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Public and Indian Housing (PIH) Information Technology (IT) Modernization program. The objectives are to assess the IT Modernization process for Enterprise Voucher Management System (EVMS) and Housing Information Portal (HIP) systems that support key PIH programs.
Marzo 31, 2025
Work Start Notification
#2025-OE-0007
Operational Effectiveness of IT Security Controls
To assess the operational effectiveness of security controls for selected HUD IT systems or functions.
Marzo 31, 2025
Work Start Notification
#2025-OE-0006
HUD Open Obligations Review Results
To determine whether all the unexpended obligations of HUD are valid and meet funding guidelines, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) coordinates annually an Open Obligation Review (OOR) of all program and administrative funds. This review determines which funds are still needed and certifies to Treasury that the funds remaining in its obligation balance at the end of the fiscal year represent future obligations for the...
Marzo 31, 2025
Report
#2025-FO-0802
HUD Has Challenges Measuring the Impact of Homeownership Counseling
We audited the HUD Office of Housing Counseling to assess its processes for achieving its goal to advance homeownership through prepurchase and postpurchase homeownership counseling, including its use of performance metrics and the collection and use of outcome data. We selected this review because housing counseling plays a significant role in improving housing outcomes for home buyers, homeowners, and renters.HUD’s Office of...
Marzo 24, 2025
Report
#2025-NY-0001
HUD Can Improve Its Efforts To Meet the National Drug Control Strategy Reporting Requirements
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) leads and coordinates the Nation’s drug policy to improve the health and lives of the American people, including the development and implementation of the National Drug Control Strategy (the Strategy). ONDCP evaluates the effectiveness of national drug control policy efforts, the Strategy’s goals and objectives, and each National Drug Control Program Agency’s program-level...
Marzo 17, 2025
Review
#2025-LA-0001
Five Non-State Grantees Are on Track To Complete Eligible Activities by Grant Closeout
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administers billions in presidentially declared disaster recovery grants through its Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program. We audited five non-State grantees to assess whether they are on track to spend their remaining grant funds on eligible activities that benefit program participants within a reasonable amount of time. We also wanted to...
Marzo 13, 2025
Report
#2025-FW-0002