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.
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Assessment of FHEO's Fair Housing and Civil Rights Compliance Reviews
FHEO’s Oversight of State and Local Fair Housing Enforcement Agencies
HUD OIG is evaluating the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO)’s oversight of State and local fair housing enforcement agencies. To ensure the agencies are enforcing laws substantially equivalent to the Fair Housing Act, FHEO regularly assesses the State and local agencies' performance.
Impact of COVID-19 on Nursing Homes
HUD OIG is conducting a review of HUD's Office of Residential Care Facilities. Media reports have shown that the COVID-19 virus impacted nursing homes nationwide. Our audit objective is to determine the biggest challenges that nursing home owners face related to COVID-19 and whether they are prepared to meet their future financial obligations.
HUD's Spending of Continuum of Care Funds
HUD OIG is reviewing HUD's Continuum of Care (CoC) spending. Under the CoC Program, HUD provides funding to promote communitywide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness. Between fiscal years 2017 and 2019, HUD made available between $2 billion to $2.3 billion annually for the CoC Program.
2015 Disaster Grant Funds for a Texas Grantee
HUD OIG is auditing a Texas grantee’s 2015 disaster program. In 2016 and 2017, HUD awarded the grantee more than $87 million to address unmet needs from disasters that occurred in 2015. The audit objective is to determine whether the grantee administered and expended its 2015 flood disaster funding in accordance with HUD and its requirements.