DOGE continues to locate wasted taxpayer money left behind by the previous administration.
The Department of Government Efficiency said it found another $1.9 billion in taxpayer money had been 'misplaced' by the Biden team. That money belonged to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
“$1.9 billion of HUD money was just recovered after being misplaced during the Biden administration due to a broken process,” the DOGE account said in a post on X.
The announcement comes a day after HUD Secretary Scott Turner announced the launch of a DOGE Task Force at his agency. The DOGE team said it “worked together” with Secretary Turner “to fix the issue and de-obligated the funds which are now available for other use by the Treasury.”
The contracts were earmarked for Carrington Mortgage Services and Selene Finance in August of 2019. They would’ve paid out $751,221,224.87 and $836,689.235.84 to each company, respectively.
“It is astounding how much taxpayer money can be saved with even a small amount of effort,” Musk wrote on X.
Turner also mentioned that HUD already identified “$260 million in savings” before the $1.9 billion was found.
"With the help of DOGE, we will identify and eliminate all waste, fraud and abuse," said Turner.