OIG Issues Management Alert on Complying with the Lead Safe Housing Rule

OIG says HUD should require owners to document their determinations that work qualifies for the de minimis exemption.

While conducting an ongoing audit of the Philadelphia Housing Authority’s management of lead-based paint hazards in its public housing units, HUD’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) identified a gap in HUD’s program requirements related to safe work practices, which OIG believes “requires immediate action by HUD.”