Transmittal of Independent Public Accountant's Audit Report on the Federal Housing Administration's Fiscal Years 2023 and 2022 Financial Statements
Develop corrective procedures to bring the HECM portfolio servicing current, initiate collection proceedings for due and payable loans, redeem the tax certificates for properties for which FHA lost its security interest, and implement a solution to monitor tax payments to prevent tax delinquencies and avoid FHA’s risk of loss in loan security interest.
FY 2023 FISMA Penetration Test
The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.
FY 2023 FISMA Penetration Test
The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.
FY 2023 FISMA Penetration Test
The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.
FY 2023 FISMA Penetration Test
The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.
FY 2023 FISMA Penetration Test
The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.
FY 2023 FISMA Penetration Test
The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.
Opportunities Exist To Improve HUD's FHA Resource Center's Routing of Housing Discrimination Inquiries
We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single Family Housing update policies and procedures regarding discrimination complaints to ensure consistency among customer service representatives in rerouting these complaints to FHEO.
Opportunities Exist To Improve HUD's FHA Resource Center's Routing of Housing Discrimination Inquiries
We recommend that HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single Family Housing ensure that the FHA Resource Center updates its training program to ensure that refresher training on housing discrimination is regularly provided to staff (such as monthly, quarterly, semiannually, etc.).
CPD Could Improve the Timing of Delivery of Disaster Recovery Funding
We recommend that the Director of Disaster Recovery collect and record the number of days that it or other entities take to complete each milestone in the grant process.
Management Alert 2023-IG-001: Action Needed to Ensure That Assisted Property Owners, Including Public Housing Agencies, Comply with the Lead Safe Housing Rule
Update applicable requirements to require assisted property owners, including PHAs, to maintain adequate documentation to support their determinations that maintenance and hazard reduction activities that disturb surfaces with lead-based paint qualify for the de minimis exemption from the lead-safe work practices under the Lead Safe Housing Rule.StatusTo address this recommendation, The Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes (OLHCHH)…
Improvements Are Needed to HUD's Processes for Monitoring EBLLs and Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Public Housing
PIH in coordination with other HUD offices as necessary, research and address potential causes of the variance in the number of EBLL cases among States on the EBLL tracker and identify solutions that are within HUD's control.StatusAs of July 30, 2025, PIH’s Office of Field Operations (OFO) has coordinated with the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes (OLHCHH) on the EBLL data requested and obtained from PHAs. OFO’s timeline to…
HUD Lacked Adequate Oversight of Lead-Based Paint Hazard Remediation in Public Housing
Require the REAC in coordination with OFO to determine the number of developments and associated units that contain lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards.StatusIn May 2023, HUD published a final rule establishing a new approach to defining and assessing housing quality: The National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE). Public Housing regulations were amended, and Public Housing program participants were…
HUD's Office of Multifamily Housing Programs' Complaint Process Did Not Ensure That Health and Safety Complaints Were Resolved in a Timely Manner
Develop agencywide policies and procedures for the intake, monitoring, and tracking of health and safety complaints.StatusIn October 2023, HUD stated that it will develop policies and procedures for Multifamily properties for the intake, monitoring, and tracking of health and safety complaints it receives. The Office of Multifamily Housing has not yet updated its policies and procedures. With no comprehensive, automated, real-time system in…
HUD's Office of Multifamily Housing Programs' Complaint Process Did Not Ensure That Health and Safety Complaints Were Resolved in a Timely Manner
Develop a comprehensive process to ensure that complaints received by HUD’s Multifamily Housing Clearinghouse are resolved in a timely manner.StatusIn October 2023, the Office of Multifamily Housing reported that it had sought funding for system enhancements to coordinate tenant complaints. HUD is transitioning the Multifamily Clearinghouse responsibilities to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Resource Center. The FHA Resource Center has…
Improvements Are Needed To Ensure That Public Housing Properties Are Inspected in a TimelyManner
Implement adequate policies, procedures, and controls to ensure that public housing properties will be inspected within required timeframes.StatusAs of July 2025, according to HUD, all development and enhancement of the NSPIRE software system are presently on hold pending Administrative guidance on HUD funded software system improvements. Additionally, the required software changes recommended under this finding depend on the final Public…
HUD Can Improve Its Oversight of the Physical Condition of Public Housing Developments
Develop and implement a nationwide protocol for field offices, describing how PHA self-inspections should be reviewed, based on REAC's determination of the number and frequency of PHA self-inspections.StatusHUD closed this recommendation in August 2024, an action which HUD OIG disagrees with. HUD provided guidance for field office staff to send to PHAs with NSPIRE inspections that scored below 60 points. However, HUD did not provide a protocol…
FY 2021 FISMA
Define and communicate policies and procedures to ensure that its products, system components, systems, and services comply with its cybersecurity and SCRM requirements. This recommendation includes:Identification and prioritization of externally provided systems (new and legacy), components, and services.How HUD maintains awareness of its upstream suppliers.The integration of acquisition processes tools, and techniques to use the acquisition…
Improvements are Needed in HUD's Fraud Risk Management Program
Perform a complete agency-wide fraud risk assessment (which incorporates the fraud risk assessments performed at the program level) and use the results to develop and implement an agency-wide plan to move HUD’s fraud risk management program out of the ad hoc phase.StatusAs of July 2025, HUD has cancelled its fraud risk management contracts and the Chief Risk Officer position was vacated under the Deferred Resignation Program. HUD is…
HUD Needs To Improve Its Oversight of PBRA and FHA-Insured PBV Properties Converted Under RAD
Develop and implement a plan to determine how to implement the risk-based approach to review the RAD properties that have not had subsequent MORs in more than 3 years and to require periodic MORs going forward.StatusGiven the current resource constraints, HUD will create guidance based on risk-based Management and Occupancy Review (MOR) parameters to ensure that field staff and leadership perform MORs using a risk-based model for PBRA RAD-…