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The Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-576), as amended, requires the Office

of Inspector General to audit the financial statements of the Federal Housing Administration

(FHA) annually. We audited the accompanying financial statements and notes of FHA as of and

for the fiscal years ending September 30, 2018 and 2017 (restated), which are comprised of the

balance sheets, related statements of net cost and changes in net position, and combined

statements of budgetary resources for the years then ended. Additionally, we audited the

restatement adjustments made by FHA in fiscal year 2018 to restate its fiscal year 2017 financial

statements and notes.

 

In our opinion, FHA’s fiscal years 2018 and 2017 financial statements were presented fairly, in

all material respects, in accordance with the U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for the

Federal Government. Our opinion is reported in FHA’s Fiscal Year 2018 Annual Management

Report. The results of our audit of FHA’s principal financial statements and notes for the fiscal

years ending September 30, 2018 and 2017, including our report on FHA’s internal control and

test of compliance with selected provisions of laws and regulations applicable to FHA, are

presented in this report. Our audit disclosed one material weaknesses, three significant

deficiencies in internal controls, and no instances of noncompliance with applicable laws and

regulations, which are discussed further in the body of this report.

Recommendations

Housing

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-001-A
    Closed on Marzo 26, 2019

    Correct the impact of all of the modeling errors identified in this report.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-001-B
    Closed on Septiembre 30, 2019

    Revise the modeling policies and procedures to use the established HECM loan limits in the HECM LLG cash flow model.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-001-C
    Closed on Septiembre 30, 2019

    Develop alternative policies and procedures that would enable the use of the final single-family LLG cash flow model results and HECM return on notes cash flow model results in the final ROA models.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-001-D
    Closed on Septiembre 30, 2019

    Reassess the HECM assumption that mortgages with an unpaid principal balance greater than the maximum claim amount will not be assigned to HUD and perform the following: (1) compare this assumption to historical experience, (2) document the basis for selecting the assumption as opposed to alternative assumptions, and (3) determine the impact of this assumption and the associated risk.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-001-E
    Closed on Septiembre 23, 2019

    Reassess the model design that was implemented to avoid the double counting of the cash flows for HECM mortgages in the LLG cash flow and ROA models and perform the following: (1) determine whether there are alternative methodologies that will not result in the exclusion of cash flows in both models, (2) document the basis of the selected methodology, and (3) determine the impact and risk of the selected methodology.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-001-F
    Closed on Marzo 26, 2019

    Restate the fiscal year 2017 financial statements to correct the impact of using the improper discounting methodology in the HECM ROA model in fiscal year 2017.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-002-A
    Closed on Septiembre 26, 2019

    Implement an automated subsidiary ledger system with the capability of obtaining loan-level transaction data from FHA, Treasury, and FFB source systems.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-002-B
    Closed on Septiembre 30, 2019

    Work with Treasury and FFB to receive monthly loan-level transaction reports.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-002-C
    Closed on Septiembre 26, 2019

    Identify the cause for the accrued interest differences and determine the correct accounting treatment.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-002-D
    Closed on Septiembre 27, 2019

    Establish policies and procedures for recording and accounting for manual transactions, including the accounting rationale for the principal and interest on the direct loans and accrued interest on the borrowings.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-002-E
    Closed on Marzo 26, 2019

    Correct the error related to the allocation of the liquidating reestimates in fiscal years 2017 and 2018.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-002-F
    Closed on Marzo 26, 2019

    Restate salary and administrative costs on FHA’s fiscal year 2017 statement of net cost, statement of net position, and footnote disclosures.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-002-G
    Closed on Marzo 26, 2019

    Require FHA and HUD OCFO to work together to determine a policy and procedure to ensure that both parties receive and provide complete information related to salaries and administrative costs.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-002-H
    Closed on Octubre 28, 2019

    Establish and implement a review process for salary and administrative cost information that is received from HUD OCFO to ensure that the information is complete and accurate.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-002-I
    $399,090,727.00
    Funds Put to Better Use

    Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.

    Closed on Junio 18, 2024

    Ensure that $399.1 million identified as invalid obligations in fiscal year 2018 is deobligated as appropriate.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-002-J
    Closed on Septiembre 30, 2019

    Document the rationale and policy for the crosswalks used to prepare the financial statement note line items.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-002-K
    Closed on Septiembre 30, 2019

    Document and implement policies and procedures, which include a review process to ensure that the general ledger accounts are correctly crosswalked to financial statement note line items.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-002-L
    Closed on Marzo 26, 2019

    Restate the fiscal year 2017 financial statement notes to correct inaccurate classifications, expenses, and market value balances reported by FHA.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-002-M
    Closed on Septiembre 30, 2021

    In conjunction with the loan-servicing contractor, determine what actions can be taken to ensure that recorded assignments are reviewed in a timely manner after receipt.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-002-N
    Closed on Marzo 30, 2020

    Develop and implement a billing and sanctioning process to ensure that FHA bills servicers for the costs incurred to obtain recorded assignments from the counties’ recorder’s offices and sanctions the servicers when they do not provide the recorded assignments within 6 months of claim payment.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-002-O
    Closed on Marzo 30, 2020

    Improve the tracking of recording assignments by modifying the HERMIT assignment timeline to include date fields for servicers’ (1) receipt of recorded assignments from counties and (2) mailing of recorded assignments to the loan-servicing contractor.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2019-FO-0002-003-A
    Closed on Marzo 18, 2020

    Establish a timeframe and process to notify the Office of Single Family Housing that funds or documents were not received so noncompliant lenders can be referred to the MRB within 14 business days for temporary suspension or termination and notify FHA of any noncompliant lenders accordingly.