OIG AUdit of HUD - Sexual Predators Assisted??

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   The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General audited HUD's requirement prohibiting lifetime registered sex offenders from admission to HUD-subsidized housing.  Our audit objective was to determine the extent to which HUD-subsidized housing was occupied by lifetime registered sex offenders.

HUD subsidized an estimated 2,094 to 3,046 households that included lifetime registered sex offenders.  As a result, it did not accomplish the objective of the statute to prevent admission of dangerous sex offenders, and the same offenders who were deemed too dangerous for admission were allowed to continue living in subsidized housing.

We recommended that HUD seek legislative and program rule changes to require denial of continued occupancy and termination of tenancy, or continued subsidy as appropriate, for all lifetime registered sex offenders residing in subsidized housing.  If legislative changes are passed, we recommend that HUD develop and implement a plan to detect lifetime registered sex offenders occupying subsidized housing.  Additionally, we recommended that HUD require projects and housing authorities to revise their admission, screening, and recertification procedures and urge them to aggressively pursue termination of assistance for lifetime sex offenders to the extent currently allowed by law.

This electronic audit report has been posted to our website and may be viewed directly via this link.

http://www.hud.gov/utilities/intercept.cfm?/offices/oig/reports/files/ig0970001.pdf
Jennifer Burns
Administrative Officer, HUD/OIG/Office of Audit, 202/402-8136

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	The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General audited HUD's requirement prohibiting lifetime registered sex offenders from admission to HUD-subsidized housing. Our audit objective was to determine the extent to which HUD-subsidized housing was occupied by lifetime registered sex offenders. HUD subsidized an estimated 2,094 to 3,046 households that included lifetime registered sex offenders. As a result, it did not accomplish the objective of the statute to prevent admission of dangerous sex offenders, and the same offenders who were deemed too dangerous for admission were allowed to continue living in subsidized housing. We recommended that HUD seek legislative and program rule changes to require denial of continued occupancy and termination of tenancy, or continued subsidy as appropriate, for all lifetime registered sex offenders residing in subsidized housing. If legislative changes are passed, we recommend that HUD develop and implement a plan to detect lifetime registered sex offenders occupying subsidized housing. Additionally, we recommended that HUD require projects and housing authorities to revise their admission, screening, and recertification procedures and urge them to aggressively pursue termination of assistance for lifetime sex offenders to the extent currently allowed by law. This electronic audit report has been posted to our website and may be viewed directly via this link. http://www.hud.gov/utilities/intercept.cfm?/offices/oig/reports/files/ig0970001.pdf Jennifer Burns Administrative Officer, HUD/OIG/Office of Audit, 202/402-8136

Nelson Self Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List MUSA Resident Joined: Aug 17 2009 Status: Offline Points: 144	Post Options Post Reply Quote Nelson Self Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Aug 18 2009 at 10:51am
	To Mark Hoffman: Both you and your staff know that I worked cooperatively with the Police Department and C.O.N.S.O.C. to improve Section 8 tenant screening procedures here. Why do you think that certain senior City staff would want to kick me to the curb? Were they upset that I uncovered a number of irregularities that led to the waste of significant HUD funds? Could it be that I was the sacrificial lamb to protect that one person who was involved with so much of the mismanagement? NRS