June 16, 2025, Letter from Acting Inspector General Begg responding to a request from Senator Warren and Senator Murray to review recent HUD actions to terminate contracts, reduce the HUD workforce, and alter program requirements for the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR Read More

Firm Billed for Services after Devastating 2016 West Virginia FloodCHARLESTON, W.Va. – Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston announced today that Horne LLP, of Ridgeland, Mississippi, has agreed to pay the United States $1,207,600 to resolve civil allegations that it received improper Read More

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Mo., man who defrauded a local financial institution of $652,784.34 in funds was sentenced in federal court today for bank fraud and money laundering.Maximillian D. Howell, 44, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to a total of 21 months in federal Read More

Claims Relate to Fraudulent Disaster Recovery Services After Devastating 2016 Flooding in West VirginiaCHARLESTON, W.Va. – Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston announced today that Thompson Construction Group Inc., of Sumter, South Carolina, has agreed to pay the United States $191, Read More

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Community Planning and Development’s (CPD) monitoring of grantees’ compliance with civil rights requirements. Our audit focused on the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and the HOME Investment Partnerships Read More

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General (OIG) is auditing the use of Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds as non-Federal match for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA)Public Assistance Program.  Read More

We audited the project activity status for 12 grantees that received funds under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) National Disaster Resilience (NDR) grant to determine whether the grantees have accomplished or are on track to Read More

November 19, 2024 letter from Inspector General Oliver Davis responding to a request from Senator Tillis, Senator Budd, Representative Foxx, Representative Hudson, Representative Rouzer, Representative Murphy, Representative Bishop, and Representative Edwards for oversight of the North Carolina Read More

HUD OIG is auditing Puerto Rico's Community Energy and Water Resilience Installations Program (CEWRI). HUD awarded Puerto Rico over $20 billion dollars in CDBG-DR funding after the impact of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Of the total award, $395 million was budgeted to the CEWRI program. Our Read More

TRENTON, N.J. – A Burlington County, New Jersey, man and a Mercer County, New Jersey, man made their initial court appearances today on charges of participating in a conspiracy to obtain overtime payments from the city of Trenton for work they did not perform, by fraudulently inflating the Read More

Evaluate and update IDIS to ensure that resubmissions of PR 29 reports are tracked and prior submissions are preserved and correct the system’s misclassification of unsubmitted and uncertified draft PR 29 reports as submitted.

Determine whether the funds that were drawn in error need to be repaid to HUD and whether other remediation actions are appropriate.

Work with OCFO to ensure that CPD collects and reports to OCFO all of the information needed to properly account for all CPD activities in HUD’s financial statements in accordance with Federal financial reporting requirements and accounting standards.

Obtain the required approvals under PRA for the PR 29 report.

Follow up with the four grantees without adequate supporting documentation and assess their compliance with the financial management requirements in 2 CFR 200.302(b)(3), which require the financial management system of each non-Federal entity to provide for records that adequately identify the Read More

Develop guidance that encourages grantees to draw down funds for reimbursement on a regular schedule, not less than quarterly.

Develop written procedures on how to review PR 29 report submissions and monitor resubmissions, late submissions, and nonsubmissions.

Develop comprehensive guidance and training for grantees on how to prepare the PR 29 report to ensure that the information collected is reliable, accurate, timely, and in compliance with the Uniform Administrative Guidance for Grants and Cooperative Agreements, specifically 2 CFR 200.302(a)(b) and Read More

Update the CPD Monitoring Handbook to incorporate the review of the PR 29 report when performing financial monitoring reviews.

Determine how often grantees’ requests for reimbursement contain cost outside the quarter and in coordination with OCFO, evaluate CPD’s grant accrual methodology and assumptions to ensure that it adequately considers the impact of these late cost reimbursements.