# 119-hr-8489: HUD Payment Integrity and Accountability Act of 2026

119-hr-8489, HUD Payment Integrity and Accountability Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] (R-PA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8489
- Congress: 119
- Title: HUD Payment Integrity and Accountability Act of 2026
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-04-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Stronger improper payment testing and fraud oversight** across HUD housing programs. This bill would require HUD to produce a compliant improper payment assessment for both project-based and tenant-based rental assistance and to tighten fraud detection for HUD programs and related Community Development and Disaster Recovery funds. - Families and tenants: Tenant households in HUD programs would see expanded eligibility verification and payment testing as HUD must test and report improper payment estimates for Tenant-Based Rental Assistance and Project-Based Rental Assistance. - Owners, landlords, and local housing agencies: A year-over-year rise of 100 percent or more in payments or in the number of assisted providers in a ZIP Code would force Inspector General notification. The Inspector General would audit programs or areas that grow by at least 400 percent over five years. - HUD operations and oversight: HUD would need to include a compliant assessment in its FY2027 agency financial report by December 1, 2027. The Inspector General would pre-validate HUD’s methodology, run a fraud risk assessment covering about $50.0 billion in annual rental assistance, and perform comprehensive data draws to reconcile payments and Do Not Pay matches.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stronger fraud checks for housing aid: benefit, medium. This bill would require HUD to include an improper-payment estimate for tenant- and project-based rental help in its FY2027 financial report by Dec 1, 2027. The HUD Inspector General would pre-check the Secretary’s methods 180 days before that deadline and run a separate fraud-risk review of about…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act
- 119-hr-3633: Digital Asset Market Clarity Act
- 119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act
- 119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-8489 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8489)

## Related
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-137)
- [119-hr-3633: Digital Asset Market Clarity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3633)
- [119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2570)
- [119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6955)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8489 (as of 2026-09-21).