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| Daycare, healthcare and now housing, fraud epidemic exposure grows: $5B in ‘questionable' rental assistance under Biden revealed ‐ including to thousands of ‘deceased tenants' and non-citizens: HUD report | |
| 2025-12-31 | |
HUD officials said a “large concentration” of the suspicious payments went to New York, California and Washington, DC, with dead recipients getting at least some funds in all 50 states — in what federal officials are calling widespread abuse of taxpayers’ dollars under the Biden administration. “A massive abuse of taxpayer dollars not only occurred under President [Joe] Biden’s watch, but was effectively incentivized by his administration’s failure to implement strong financial controls resulting in billions worth of potential improper payments,” HUD Secretary Scott Turner said in a statement. “HUD will continue investigating the shocking results and will take appropriate action to hold bad actors accountable. Additionally, the Department is advancing efforts made under President Trump’s first administration to strengthen program integrity and ensure taxpayer-funded assistance serves the vulnerable communities it was intended for.” HUD’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer uncovered $5.8 billion of the “questionable” payments out of nearly $50 billion in total federal rental assistance to public housing authorities, contractors, landlords and other non-federal entities in fiscal year 2024, the 183-page report disclosed. The around 11% of taxpayer dollars from HUD went to more than 200,000 possibly ineligible tenants — of whom 29,715 (around 14%) were dead, 9,472 (4%) were non-citizens and 165,393 (82%) were receiving sums that exceeded the threshold for assistance in their geographic region, particularly in New Orleans and other large metro areas. The HUD programs are designed to help low-income residents who wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford shelter — and the possible grift means those truly in need could have been left out in the cold. HUD officials faulted the Biden administration for a directive “to push funding out the door with minimal oversight” as well as rent assistance programs placing “substantial trust and responsibility in these non-federal entities … to accurately assess tenant eligibility.” Now, HUD will have to reach out to the public housing authorities and other entities to confirm the extent of the fraud — and either pause or revoke funding. Officials will also make criminal referrals when warranted. Related: Housing and Urban Development: 2025-12-15 During the Biden Administration, Migrants Drove 66 Percent of Rental Demand Increase Housing and Urban Development: 2025-12-12 2.5M Illegal Aliens Out of U.S. Since January Housing and Urban Development: 2025-11-26 HUD Launches National Crime Hotline to Clean Up Public Housing, Prioritize Americans' Safety Related: Rental assistance 06/19/2025 Migrant influx pushing Mass. shelter costs past $1B in FY25: report Rental assistance 03/13/2025 CBP director faces charges for allegedly defrauding FEMA and lying to feds Rental assistance 11/13/2023 Chicago is so unpleasant migrants are fleeing BACK to Venezuela after being dumped in shelters and refused jobs, with 20,700 border crossers so-far bused to Dem-run 'sanctuary city' | |
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