Work with Treasury and FFB to receive monthly loan-level transaction reports.
2019-FO-0002 | Noviembre 14, 2018
Audit of the Federal Housing Administration’s Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2017 (Restated)
Housing
- Status2019-FO-0002-002-BOpenClosed
- Status2019-FO-0002-002-COpenClosed
Identify the cause for the accrued interest differences and determine the correct accounting treatment.
- Status2019-FO-0002-002-DOpenClosed
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.
- Status2019-FO-0002-002-EOpenClosed
Correct the error related to the allocation of the liquidating reestimates in fiscal years 2017 and 2018.
- Status2019-FO-0002-002-FOpenClosed
Restate salary and administrative costs on FHA’s fiscal year 2017 statement of net cost, statement of net position, and footnote disclosures.
- Status2019-FO-0002-002-GOpenClosed
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.
- Status2019-FO-0002-002-HOpenClosed
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.
- Status2019-FO-0002-002-IOpenClosed$399,090,727Funds 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.
Ensure that $399.1 million identified as invalid obligations in fiscal year 2018 is deobligated as appropriate.
- Status2019-FO-0002-002-JOpenClosed
Document the rationale and policy for the crosswalks used to prepare the financial statement note line items.
- Status2019-FO-0002-002-KOpenClosed
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.
- Status2019-FO-0002-002-LOpenClosed
Restate the fiscal year 2017 financial statement notes to correct inaccurate classifications, expenses, and market value balances reported by FHA.
- Status2019-FO-0002-002-MOpenClosed
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.
- Status2019-FO-0002-002-NOpenClosed
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.
- Status2019-FO-0002-002-OOpenClosed
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.
- Status2019-FO-0002-003-AOpenClosed
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.
2018-CF-0802 | Septiembre 28, 2018
HUD Failed To Enforce the Terms of a Settlement Agreement With Fifth Third Bank Because It Did Not Record Indemnified Loans in Its Tracking System
Housing
- Status2018-CF-0802-001-AOpenClosed$311,699Questioned 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.
Require FTB to reimburse HUD $311,699 for 2 loans for which HUD incurred losses when it sold the properties and 15 loans for which FHA insurance had been terminated and HUD had paid loss mitigation claims to FTB.
- Status2018-CF-0802-001-BOpenClosed$47,433,895Funds 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.
Record in FHA Connection the remaining indemnified loans, avoiding $47,433,895 in estimated losses. The estimated loss is based on the loss severity rate of 46 percent of the total unpaid principal balance of $103,117,164.
- Status2018-CF-0802-001-COpenClosed
Develop and implement controls to ensure that indemnification agreements that result from U.S. Department of Justice settlements have been properly recorded in FHA Connection.
- Status2018-CF-0802-001-DOpenClosed
Take appropriate administrative action against FTB for violations of the settlement agreement.
2018-CH-1009 | Septiembre 28, 2018
The Owner and Management Agent for Rainbow Terrace Apartments, Cleveland, OH, Did Not Always Operate the Project in Accordance With the Regulatory Agreement and HUD’s Requirements
Housing
- Status2018-CH-1009-001-AOpenClosed$2,232,004Questioned 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.
Support the reasonableness of or reimburse the project $2,232,004 ($1,719,736 $484,615 $27,653) from nonproject funds for the project funds disbursed without sufficient procurement or contract documentation.