WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Attorney Julianne E. Murray announced that on August 8, 2025,  Karen D. Wilder, age 39, and her husband, Renwick L. Davis, age 49, of Dover, Delaware, pleaded guilty to theft of public funds for embezzling approximately $600,000 as employees of the Dover Interfaith Read More

SOUTH BEND – Tonya R. Winston, 59 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was found guilty after a three-day jury trial presided over United States District Court Judge Cristal C. Brisco, announced Acting United States Attorney M. Scott Proctor.The jury returned a verdict of guilty against Winston on Read More

Update its QC plan and related processes and procedures to align with requirements for loan selection, including documenting how loan selections were determined.

Update its QC plan and related processes and procedures to align with requirements for (1) loan file reviews, including requirements to reverify borrower information, obtain appraisal field reviews, and complete reviews in a timely manner; (2) assessment of findings; (3) reporting findings Read More

Provide annual training to its staff and management on HUD requirements for lender QC programs and provide proof of training to HUD.

Review the 101 EPD loans not previously selected for review and submit the results to HUD, including any findings of fraud, material misrepresentations, or other material findings that it is unable to mitigate. If required, Neighborhood Loans should execute indemnification agreements or Read More

Review its QC files for up to the 432 loans with post-closing reviews in which it may not have performed complete reverifications of borrower information and reverify information where appropriate. Neighborhood Loans should then evaluate the risk of any new findings identified, and if required, Read More

Evaluate its QC files for the 59 loans with EPD reviews in which it did not assess the risk of findings identified to confirm whether it self-reported to HUD all findings of fraud or material misrepresentation, along with any other material findings that its records did not show had been Read More

Evaluate its QC files for the 96 loans in which it identified material findings to confirm whether it self-reported to HUD all findings of fraud or material misrepresentation, along with any other material findings that its records did not show have been acceptably mitigated. If required, Read More

Provide indemnification agreements or documentation to support the one loan in which it missed material deficiencies and the three loans in which it identified material misrepresentations or other material findings that it did not acceptably mitigate or self-report to HUD. Implementation of this Read More

A former Amarillo city employee was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $121,000 from a federal program that provided housing for homeless individuals, announced Acting United States Attorney Nancy E. Larson.Vanessa Robinson, 35, was a Grant Manager for the City of Read More

August 4, 2025, Letter from Acting Inspector General Begg responding to a request from the Ranking Member Blumenthal, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to review DOGE activities within HUD.   

Kilah White is the Assistant Inspector General for the Office of Audit at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General (HUD OIG) in Washington, D.C. Ms. White leverages considerable expertise in overseeing audits and reviews of HUD’s programs and operations, Read More

The Inspector General Act of 1978 requires the Inspector General to prepare semiannual reports summarizing the activities of the Office of Inspector General for the preceding six-month periods. The semiannual reports are intended to keep the Secretary and the Congress fully informed of significant Read More

The Inspector General Act of 1978 requires the Inspector General to prepare semiannual reports summarizing the activities of the Office of Inspector General for the preceding six-month periods. The semiannual reports are intended to keep the Secretary and the Congress fully informed of significant Read More

We audited the Wausau Community Development Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher Program based on our analysis of risk factors related to the public housing agencies in Region 5’s jurisdiction (States of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin).  The audit was part of the Read More

In February 2018, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) received multiple complaints alleging that HUD’s Secretary, Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., may have violated federal appropriations law by causing the Department to purchase a new Read More

Each year, in compliance with Public Law 106-531, the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General (OIG), issues a report summarizing what we consider the most serious management challenges facing the Department. In turn Read More

This week, a Toledo federal jury convicted Arvel Ray Henderson, II, age 50, on one count of theft of public money, one count of concealment of bankruptcy assets, and one count of bankruptcy fraud.  Henderson is scheduled to be sentenced on December 20, 2019. Henderson, who was enrolled as a Read More

We audited Del Norte Neighborhood Development Corporation based on information we received indicating that Del Norte may have violated the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) HOME Investment Partnerships program rules during the demolition of one of its low- to moderate-income Read More