Implement a quality control review to ensure that successive below-60 REAC inspection score flags are entered into APPS.
2023-KC-0002 | Febrero 14, 2023
HUD Did Not Sufficiently Flag Unacceptable Physical Condition Scores To Assess Its Controlling Participants
Housing
- Status2023-KC-0002-001-AOpenClosedClosed on Julio 09, 2024
- Status2023-KC-0002-001-BOpenClosedClosed on Marzo 11, 2024
Update APPS to automatically flag a property that receives successive below-60 REAC inspection scores.
2023-NY-0001 | Enero 30, 2023
HUD’s Communication to Homeowners About COVID-19 Policies
Housing
- Status2023-NY-0001-001-AOpenClosedClosed on Mayo 26, 2023
We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single Family Housing update its COVID-19 Resources for Homeowners webpage to clearly communicate that homeowners who had not previously requested forbearance by September 30, 2021, are eligible to request forbearance from their servicer through the end of the COVID-19 National Emergency.
- Status2023-NY-0001-001-BOpenClosedClosed on Mayo 26, 2023
We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single Family Housing update its COVID-19 Resources for Homeowners webpage to include information on the various COVID-19 loss mitigation options servicers may offer homeowners with FHA-insured forward mortgages who are exiting COVID-19 forbearance.
- Status2023-NY-0001-001-COpenClosedClosed on Mayo 26, 2023
We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single Family Housing update its COVID-19 Resources for Homeowners webpage to include details about the protections and loss mitigation options available for homeowners with FHA-insured reverse mortgages. This information could include (1) instructions for requesting an extension, (2) a statement notifying homeowners that they should not be charged late fees or penalties, (3) a chart showing the extension periods and related deadlines, and (4) information on the various loss mitigation options available for homeowners with FHA-insured reverse mortgages who are exiting a COVID-19 HECM extension.
- Status2023-NY-0001-001-DOpenClosedClosed on Mayo 26, 2023
We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single Family Housing update its COVID-19 Resources for Homeowners webpage to include relevant information on the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Homeowner Assistance Fund.
- Status2023-NY-0001-001-EOpenClosedClosed on Mayo 26, 2023
We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Single Family Housing work with the Office of Public Affairs, Office of Housing Counseling, and other offices within HUD to develop a detailed communication strategy for how and when it plans to use websites, letters, and other methods to proactively notify homeowners about relief programs, protections, and loss mitigation options during disasters and national emergencies. The strategy could include processes to ensure that (1) key information is provided or made available in a timely manner and kept up-to-date, (2) information is communicated clearly and consistently across mediums, and is linked together when possible, and (3) letters are mailed to struggling homeowners when needed. It could also articulate the methods HUD will use to reach homeowners without internet access.
2023-FO-0008 | Enero 24, 2023
Assessment of HUD’s IT Infrastructure To Support Extensive Telework
Chief Information Officer
- Status2023-FO-0008-001-AOpenClosedClosed on Mayo 24, 2023
Research, evaluate, and implement technical or alternative solutions to deploy essential computer software updates using appropriate secure methods to ensure that computer security updates occur in a timely manner to minimize risk to HUD’s systems and operations
- Status2023-FO-0008-002-AOpenClosedClosed on Mayo 24, 2023
Research, evaluate, and implement technical solutions to provide additional improvements to VPN and related remote working capabilities of HUD system users.
- Status2023-FO-0008-002-BOpenClosedClosed on Mayo 24, 2023
Perform routine VPN stress tests as part of its contingency planning and testing processes to regularly identify and remediate network performance issues and ensure that network capabilities are sufficient for teleworking.
- Status2023-FO-0008-003-AOpenClosedClosed on Octubre 02, 2024
Research, evaluate, and implement technical solutions to resolve the user account management issues and the underlying issue in the technical environment.
- Status2023-FO-0008-004-AOpenClosed
Assess its help desk system against other technical solutions and ensure that the help desk solution used captures complete data on technical support requests. This measure includes but is not limited to ensuring that sequence gaps are properly documented or do not occur, valid transactions are accepted by the help desk system, rejected transactions are identified, and the history of each transaction is retained.
2023-KC-0001 | Diciembre 05, 2022
Ginnie Mae Did Not Ensure That All Pooled Loans Had Agency Insurance
Government National Mortgage Association
- Status2023-KC-0001-001-AOpenClosedClosed on Octubre 31, 2023$903,085,334Funds 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.
Update and synchronize the SOP and the matching procedure. The updates should include notifications that provide issuers with unmatched loans adequate time to take corrective action to comply with the requirements of the MBS Guide to put $903 million to better use by ensuring that the appropriate agency insurance or guarantee is in place.
- Status2023-KC-0001-001-BOpenClosed
Ensure that all necessary information regarding terminated VA loans is included in the matching process.
2023-FO-0004 | Noviembre 17, 2022
Audit of HUD’s Fiscal Years 2022 and 2021 Financial Statements
Community Planning and Development
- Status2023-FO-0004-001-EOpenClosedClosed on Septiembre 17, 2024
Develop and document internal procedures to ensure that they will address the Program Office’s responsibilities within the departmental grant accrual validation policy.
- Status2023-FO-0004-001-FOpenClosedClosed on Septiembre 17, 2024
Re-evaluate and adequately document justification for the establishment of the percentages and other key assumptions used to determine the accrual amount for each program in CPD’s accrued grant liabilities estimate.
Chief Financial Officer
- Status2023-FO-0004-001-AOpenClosedClosed on Julio 31, 2023
Develop and issue a departmental grant accrual validation policy or update the existing grant accrual policy to include the validation process. The policy should include 1) specific control activities over the grant accrual validation and outline all of the specific roles and responsibilities; 2) a periodic review of the grant accrual validation to evaluate and reassess its continued relevance and control effectiveness, and ensure any changes are designed and implemented appropriately; and 3) a clear communication plan that requires formal and documented communications between appropriate program offices and OCFO to ensure the validation results are used to update the grant accrual methodology and subsequent period’s estimate, as appropriate.
- Status2023-FO-0004-001-BOpenClosedClosed on Agosto 10, 2023
Develop and document internal procedures to ensure the OCFO’s responsibilities specified within the new or updated grant accrual validation policy are addressed.
- Status2023-FO-0004-001-COpenClosedClosed on Agosto 10, 2023
Develop and implement procedures to ensure that planning for the CPD grant accrual validation is done early in the accounting cycle to allow for: • Sufficient resources to be available to perform the validation of the prior year grant accrual. • Validation efforts to start earlier to allow for follow-up on non-responsive grantees or grantees that provided incomplete information. • Materiality risk to be considered when planning and evaluating the CPD grant accrual validation.
- Status2023-FO-0004-001-DOpenClosedClosed on Febrero 02, 2023
Revise CPD Validation Review Instructions to specify documentation requirements similar to those provided to the grantee and specify verification of dates for when the costs were incurred.