Acknowledge that the attached settlement agreement for $1,500 represents an amount due HUD from the borrower’s son.

Reevaluate FHA’s existing model documentation for single-family, HECM, and multifamily models to determine whether their current state is acceptable, so that it provides the intended users a thorough understanding of how the model works and also allows new users to assume responsibility for the model’s use (operational procedures). Based on this review, FHA should make adjustments as needed to the model documentation. At a minimum, these adjustments should include appropriate actions taken to address model documentation deficiencies cited in our report.

Review FHA’s existing model coding for single-family, HECM, and multifamily models and make necessary changes to make them consistent with industry’s best practices in model coding. At a minimum, FHA should implement actions to address model coding deficiencies cited in our report.

Acknowledge that $41 million of the $89,274,944 in the attached settlement represents an amount due HUD, less DOJ’s civil debt collection fees.

Implement controls to prevent or reduce instances of borrowers violating HECM program residency requirements by concurrently participating in multifamily programs, including policies and procedures to at least annually coordinate with HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs to match borrower data in the Single Family Data Warehouse to member data in the Tenant Rental Assistance Certification System.

Implement controls to prevent or mitigate instances of borrowers violating HECM program residency requirements by concurrently participating in the Voucher program, including policies and procedures to at least annually coordinate with HUD’s Office of Public Housing to match borrower data in the Single Family Data Warehouse to member data in the Public Housing Information Center.