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Crime, Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
  • Recommendation Number: 2026-LA-0001-001-B
  • Status: Open
  • Date Issued: December 18, 2025

Communicate Capital Fund program fraud risks and schemes to all its stakeholders, including PHAs, to increase program effectiveness.

Publication Report

2026-LA-0001 | December 18, 2025

Potential Fraud Risks and Schemes for HUD’s Capital Fund Program

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 in HUD programs. Our previous work… more

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Public and Indian Housing

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2026-LA-0001-001-A

    Use the fraud risks and fraud schemes HUD OIG identified and involve relevant stakeholders to create a program-specific fraud risk inventory to support HUD’s anti-fraud efforts and enhance oversight of the Capital Fund program.

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2026-LA-0001-001-C

    Determine whether data currently collected from PHAs can be leveraged to identify and mitigate fraud risks and consider whether any additional data needs to be collected or systems enhanced to mitigate fraud risks.