We recommend that the Director of HUD’s Newark, NJ, Office of Community Planning and Development instruct County officials to strengthen the County’s administrative controls to ensure that County staff adequately monitors its subgrantee for compliance with HOME program requirements and provide HOME program training to the County subgrantee’s staff.
2017-NY-1005 | Enero 12, 2017
Union County, NJ’s HOME Investment Partnerships Program Was Not Always Administered in Compliance With Program Requirements
Community Planning and Development
- Status2017-NY-1005-001-SOpenClosed
2017-PH-1801 | Enero 05, 2017
Final Civil Action Borrower Settled Alleged Violations of Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Program
General Counsel
- Status2017-PH-1801-001-AOpenClosed$1,500Questioned 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.
Acknowledge that the attached settlement agreement for $1,500 represents an amount due HUD.
2014-KC-0002 | Julio 02, 2014
The Data in CAIVRS Did Not Agree with the Data in FHA’s Default and Claims System
Housing
- Status2014-KC-0002-001-BOpenClosed$9,501,619Funds 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.
PrioridadPriorityWe believe these open recommendations, if implemented, will have the greatest impact on helping HUD achieve its mission to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all.
Update selection rules for CAIVRS to provide for complete reporting of all ineligible borrowers to put $9.5 million to better use.
Status
In 2020, HUD suspended reporting delinquencies and defaults to the Credit Alert Verification Reporting System (CAIVRS) because these debts are owed to the lender and are not delinquent Federal debt. A debt is not delinquent until a payment is past due to HUD for a deficiency judgment against the borrower in connection with an FHA claim. Rather than add the missing borrowers to CAIVRS, HUD determined it would remove default and claim data from the system and use it to exclusively identify borrowers with delinquent Federal debt. This will resolve the issue of incomplete reporting of delinquent federal debts greater than 3 years old. As of early June 2024, the Office of Single Family Housing stated that it was on target to complete its action plan by June 28, 2024.
Analysis
To fully address this recommendation, HUD must provide evidence that it removed default and claim data from CAIVRS.
Implementation of this recommendation should result in HUD putting $9.5 million to better use.