Government Oversight Agencies
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Office of Inspector General
- IG Final Report: Contaminated Sites Pose Potential Health Risks to Residents at HUD Funded Properties (February 14, 2021)
- IG Audit Report: HUD’s Oversight of Water in Lead in the Water of Multifamily Housing Units (August 31, 2020)
Government Accountability Office (formerly General Accounting Office)
- GAO Report: HUD Rental Assistance Serving Households with Disabilities (March 2023)
- GAO Report: Priority Open Recommendations for HUD (June, 2021)
- GAO Report: Key Considerations for Adopting Stricter Lead Evaluation Methods in HUD’s Voucher Program (May, 2021)
- GAO Report: Homelessness-HUD Oversight of Data Could Improve Estimates of Homeless Population (July, 2020)
- GAO Report: As More Households Rent, the Poorest Face Affordability and Housing Quality Challenges (May, 2020)
- GAO 2017 Annual Report: Additional Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Other Financial Benefits (May 3, 2017)
- GAO Report: LIHTC The Role of Syndicators (March 3, 2017)
- GAO Report: HUD Should Do More to Oversee Efforts to Link Residents to Services (September, 2016)
- GAO Report: Community Development Block Grant – Sources of Data on Community Income are Limited (September, 2016)
- GAO Report: Financial Management Systems – HUD Needs to Address Management and Governance Weaknesses that Jeopardize its Modernization Efforts (July 28, 2016)
- GAO Report: HUD – Actions Needed to Incorporate Key Practices into Management Functions and Program Oversight (July 20, 2016)
- GAO Report re: Low-Income Housing Tax Credit – Some Agency Practices Raise Concerns and IRS could Improve Noncompliance Reporting and Data Collection (May, 2016)
- GAO Report on Housing for Special Needs: Funding for HUD’s Supportive Housing Programs (May, 2016)
- GAO Report: Affordable Rental Housing – Assistance is Provided by Federal, State and Local Programs, but there is Incomplete Information on Collective Performance (September, 2015)
- GAO Report: HUD Public and Indian Housing Programs – Progress on Prior GAO Recommendations to Enhance Accountability and Efficiency (July 10, 2015)
- GAO Report on the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit: Joint IRS-HUD Administration Could Help Address Weaknesses in Oversight (July 15, 2015)
- GAO Report: Rural Housing Service – Progress on GAO Recommendations and Preliminary Observations on Loan Guarantee Risk Management (May 19, 2016)
- GAO Report: HUD – Violation of Anti-Lobbying Provision and the Antideficiency Act (February 4, 2015)
- GAO Report: Information Technology – HUD Can Take Additional Actions to Improve its Governance (December, 2014)
- GAO Report: Financial Audit – Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Fiscal Years 2014 and 2013 Financial Statements (November 17, 2014)
- GAO Report: HUD Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) – Information on Initial Conversions to Project-Based Vouchers (April, 2014)
- GAO Report on Disaster Assistance (GAO-09-561): “Greater Coordination and an Evaluation of Programs’ Outcomes Could Improve Disaster Case Management” – July 8, 2009
- GAO Report on Gulf Coast Disaster Recovery (GAO-09-541): “Community Development Block Grant Program Guidance to States Needs to Be Improved” – June 19, 2009
- GAO Report on Project-Based Rental Assistance (GAO-07-290): “HUD Should Update Its Policies and Procedures to Keep Pace with the Changing Housing Market” – April 2007
- GAO Report on Disaster Assistance (GAO-07-88): “Better Planning Needed for Housing Victims of Catastrophic Disasters” – February 2007
- GAO Report on Late HAPS (GAO-06-57): “Project-Based Rental Assistance – HUD Should Streamline Its Processes to Ensure Timely Housing Assistance Payments” (full report); (executive summary)
- GAO Report on HUD’s Process for Estimating Fair Market Rents – March 2005
- GAO Report on HUD’s Rental Assistance and Reducing Improper Rent Subsidies – February 2005
- GAO Report on Federal Housing Progams For The Elderly – February 2005
- GAO Report on RHS’s Definition of Rural For Eligibility Determinations – December 2004
- GAO Report on Preservation Issues Related to Maturing Mortgages – July 2004
- GAO Report on RHS’s Budget Estimation Processes – March 2004
- GAO Report on Federal Housing Assistance Program Comparisons – March 2002
