Based on a complaint and a request from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (HUD PIH), we audited the Bay City Housing Authority, Bay City, TX.  The complainant’s allegations included improper procurement of an attorney and board meetings held without proper notice.  HUD PIH expressed concerns regarding the Authority’s financial records and policy adherence.  Our...

HUD-OIG is auditing COVID-19 single family forbearance reporting. The audit will help HUD to determine how accurately the servicers are reporting the forbearance assistance offered to their customers. The audit will further enable HUD to adequately forecast the performance of its FHA loan portfolio in order to maintain an adequate capital ratio. The audit objective is to determine whether data available in HUD’s single family default...