Overview
- An internal HUD financial review identified about $5.8 billion in potentially improper payments out of roughly $50 billion disbursed in fiscal year 2024.
- Automated data matching, including a U.S. Treasury database comparison, and advanced analytics uncovered anomalies across rental assistance programs.
- More than 200,000 tenant records showed eligibility concerns, including approximately 30,054 deceased individuals, thousands of potential non‑citizens and large numbers receiving over-the-limit subsidies.
- Eligibility issues were tied to about $1.5 billion in Tenant-Based Rental Assistance and roughly $4.3 billion in Project-Based Rental Assistance, equal to 26.4% of PBRA reviewed.
- HUD reported concentrations of questionable payments in New York, California and Washington, D.C., and said Secretary Scott Turner has ordered investigations with possible funding pauses, revocations and criminal referrals after confirmation.