HUD OIG is auditing the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) and Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) programs.  HUD is in the process of developing a Disaster Recovery Data Portal that would give grantees access to data HUD receives from other federal agencies for use in conducing DOB assessments.  Our audit objective is to determine the status of HUD’s Disaster Recovery Data Portal, and if it can be an effective tool to assist grantees in preventing and detecting duplication of benefits using disaster recovery and mitigation grant funds.  

HUD OIG is auditing the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority's 2017 CDBG Disaster Recovery Match Program. After hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the Islands in September 2017, HUD awarded USVI $1.14 billion in CDBG-DR funds. Of the total award, $415,750,000 was budgeted to the match program. The match program matches HUD funds with other agencies, such as FEMA, to address unmet recovery needs.

HUD OIG has started an audit of HUD’s Oversight of CDBG-DR Grantees’ Use of Program Income. Our audit objective is to determine whether HUD ensured that program income generated from disaster funds awarded to CDBG-DR grant recipients were used to positively impact and support disaster recovery in affected areas and to benefit program beneficiaries.

HUD OIG is auditing the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) and Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) programs. HUD is required to assess grantee's procedures to prevent any duplication of benefits. Our objective is to determine how HUD assesses the adequacy of grantee procedures to prevent any duplication of benefits, both before and after grant execution.

HUD OIG is auditing the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opporunity (FHEO) fair housing and civil rights compliance reviews. FHEO has authority to conduct compliance reviews to determine whether a recipient of HUD funds was following applicable civil rights laws and their implementing regulations. Our objective is to assess how the Department , through FHEO and its partners, performed compliance reviews.

HUD OIG is auditing the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority's monitoring of its 2017 CDBG Disaster Recovery funds. After hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the Islands in September 2017, HUD awarded USVI $1.14 billion in CDBG-DR funds. The objective of the audit is to determine whether the Authority effectively monitored its CDBG-DR funded activities administered by itself and by subrecipients to ensure the national objectives and performance measures were met.

HUD OIG is auditing the State of Georgia’s monitoring of its Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) hurricane Harvey, Irma, and Maria (HIM) grants' activities and subrecipients. Following the natural disasters occurred in January and September 2017, HUD awarded more than $50.9 million in disaster recovery funding to the State. The objective of the audit is to determine whether the State was effectively monitoring its CDBG-DR HIM grants’ activities and subrecipients to ensure that the activities address the unmet long-term recovery needs.