The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has revealed that $1.9 billion was “misplaced” by the Biden administration, according to an announcement this week.
“$1.9 billion of HUD money was just recovered after being misplaced during the Biden administration due to a broken process,” DOGE stated in a post on X, sharing screenshots of financial records.
“These funds were earmarked for the administration of financial services, but were no longer needed. @SecretaryTurner and @DOGE worked together to fix the issue and de-obligated the funds which are now available for other use by the Treasury,” DOGE added.
This revelation comes shortly after the formation of a DOGE task force within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Turner, who was confirmed as HUD Secretary earlier this month, announced the initiative in a video on X, saying, “I’m happy to announce the DOGE task force here at HUD.”
“We will be very detailed and deliberate about every dollar spent in serving tribal, rural, and urban communities across America,” he said.
“With President Trump’s leadership, business as usual, the status quo, is no longer the posture that we will take, and with the help of DOGE, we will identify and eliminate all waste, fraud and abuse,” he vowed. “We’ve already identified $260 million in savings and still have much more to accomplish.”
The discovery raises serious concerns about financial oversight within the administration and highlights ongoing efforts to ensure accountability in government spending.
Earlier this week, Elon Musk announced that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) found that FEMA spent nearly $60 million on illegal immigrants staying in luxury hotels.
“The @DOGE team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants,” Musk wrote on X. “Sending this money violated the law and is in gross insubordination to the President’s executive order. That money is meant for American disaster relief and instead is being spent on high end hotels for illegals!”
“A clawback demand will be made today to recoup those funds,” he said.
