A U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) report revealed how much “questionable” spending went on under the former president.
It’s no secret that a shameful amount of wasteful spending occurred under former President Joe Biden, but the extent is enough to make anyone’s head spin. The organization discovered “more than $5 billion in taxpayer funds went to ‘questionable’ rental assistance recipients during the final year of the Biden administration,” The New York Post reported.
The Post exclusively reported on what HUD called a “large concentration” of payments that ended up in places like California, New York and Washington D.C., with all 50 states receiving funds for dead tenants.
“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,” said HUD Secretary Scott Turner. “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 Post noted.
The report further indicates that “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.”
Given that these funds are intended to help struggling Americans, it’s possible that the irresponsible disbursement of funds may have resulted in eligible, living people not receiving the assistance they need. Biden-era officials are being blamed for pushing “funding out the door with minimal oversight” and putting “substantial trust and responsibility in these non-federal entities … to accurately assess tenant eligibility” for rental assistance programs.
“HUD is implementing processes and procedures to revoke or pause funding as part of its efforts to hold bad actors accountable,” reported one official. “Additionally, the Department could make criminal referrals and exercise other enforcement actions once it has confirmed fraud occurred.”
X users reacted:
They were given priority to rent apartments too.
— Tired of being politically correct (@USBornNRaised) December 30, 2025
No tell me how many dead people voted for Biden in 2020
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) December 30, 2025
https://t.co/EVq6fEqoEg Imagine how much more of this could be uncovered by hundreds of Nick Shirleys around the country. The mainstream media is about to get pounded because for years now it didn’t want to do any stories that would embarrass Democrats. Now they can’t stop it.
— John Bulkeley (@bulkeley_john) December 30, 2025
11% of the funds were fraudulently obtained.
Who allowed this?
That 5.8 billion could have helped Americans who are truly in need.— GlammaSooz (@GlammaSooz) December 30, 2025
I think I know why the national debt is $35 trillion.
— Anastasia (@Anastas76517871) December 30, 2025
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