Bombshell report reveals all Biden federal offices are less than 50% occupied, and HUD is only at 7%, after abuse of telework policies results in BILLIONS of taxpayer dollar waste

President Biden has come under fire after a stunning report found all federal agencies operating at less than 50 percent capacity, wasting billions of taxpayer dollars, a year after he declared the COVID-19 pandemic over.

No federal agency has more than half its staff in the office, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) memo to Senator Joni Ernst obtained by DailyMail.com.

This is a staggering statistic, as federal agencies spend about $2 billion in taxpayer dollars a year to operate and maintain federal office buildings—and more than $5 billion annually on rent.

The shocking findings come after Biden officially ended the Covid-19 emergency back in May and his chief of staff called for the federal bureaucracy to return to in-person work by the fall. He also famously declared the pandemic “over” in September 2022, surprising his team members.

The data shows “three-month estimated space utilization statistics” that were collected for 24 agencies during one-week periods in January, February and March 2023.

The agency with the largest percentage of full-time employees over the three months was the State Department (49 percent). The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) won the award for lowest space utilization (7 percent).

“With Bidenflation, it costs a lot more to buy and rent, and instead of getting the homeless off the streets, HUD doesn’t even have anyone home,” Ernst said.

The Social Security Administration tied HUD with a utilization rate of 7 percent, followed by the Small Business Administration with a rate of 9 percent. The General Services Administration (GSA) matched the Department of Agriculture’s share with a measly 11 percent.

“The abandoned Department of Housing and Urban Development building is a sad symbol of the failure of the Biden administration,” Ernst told DailyMail.com in an exclusive statement.

“Under Bidenflation, it costs a lot more to buy and rent, and instead of getting the homeless off the streets, HUD doesn’t even have anyone home,” she continued.

An Iowa senator is calling for the “end” of the Biden administration allowing federal buildings to remain empty at taxpayer expense.

She previously called on the administration to sell off unused space and return the money to taxpayers.

Congress is increasing oversight of government agencies and their telework policies now that months have passed since President Biden officially ended the Covid-19 emergency.

Ernst and other lawmakers say billions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted because of unused federal office space.

More than 75 percent of available office space at 17 different federal agencies remains vacant, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

And according to a recent General Services Administration (GSA) letter obtained by DailyMail.com last month, the agency says the use of office space is being scrutinized.

The memo found that GSA took 11 percent.

“My office will focus on the use of GSA facilities in our future oversight efforts,” Inspector General Robert Erickson wrote in late September.

“For example, we are currently considering conducting an audit to examine whether GSA has properly assessed its physical space needs and utilization to consider increasing employee telework and remote positions,” Erickson wrote.

GSA also acknowledged the “challenges” associated with space utilization in the new hybrid operating model.

Federal employees have taken advantage of the benefits of working from home in a variety of ways.

Horrifying reports say government employees attended meetings, took bubble baths, collected their paychecks while playing golf, and attended happy hours during work hours.

This comes at a time when delays in obtaining passports continue and veterans have to wait months to see doctors.

Biden’s chief of staff Jeff Zients issued a directive directing all federal employees to return to the office this fall after years of working remotely.

“We are returning to in-person work because it is critical to the well-being of our teams and will allow us to achieve better results for the American people,” Zients said in a letter to all Cabinet chiefs, adding that it is “the President’s priority.”

However, it is unclear how many federal employees continue to work remotely, a statistic Republicans have unsuccessfully demanded.

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and other lawmakers say billions of taxpayer dollars have been wasted because of unused federal office space.