Implement a policy to require servicers to send surplus proceeds notifications to the HUD Secretary-held assets servicing contractor and establish procedures to improve HUD’s surplus proceeds collection efforts.
Publication Report
2018-KC-0004 | Septiembre 20, 2018
HUD Did Not Always Identify and Collect Partial Claims Out of Surplus Proceeds From Nonconveyance Foreclosures
The U.S. Department of Housing Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General audited HUD to determine whether it identified and collected outstanding partial claims out of surplus proceeds from nonconveyance foreclosures. We initiated this... másRelated Recommendations
Housing
- Status2018-KC-0004-001-AOpenClosed$5,690,000.00Questioned Costs
Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A] resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B] that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost]; or (C] that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.
SummaryPursue the collection of the $5,690,000 in surplus proceeds that HUD was entitled to receive from 2017 loan terminations.
- Status2018-KC-0004-001-COpenClosed$6,770,000.00Funds 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.
SummaryRedesign the partial claim program to eliminate its weaknesses and ensure that partial claims benefit from a stronger lien position to put $6,770,000 to better use.