HUD finds billions worth of possible payment errors ‘incentivized’ under Biden administration

Published December 30, 2025 12:44pm ET



The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced on Tuesday that it discovered possible Biden administration-era payment errors totaling more than $5 billion in its 2025 financial report to Congress.

The department said that it was the first time advanced data analytics had been used to examine payments. The review discovered “significant potential improper payments, process gaps, and material weaknesses,” HUD said.

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