The Housing Authority of Whitesburg, Kentucky, Mismanaged Its Operations
Require the Authority to provide support for the $275,282 in capital fund drawdowns or reimburse its capital improvement program from nonfederal funds.
Open Recommendation
HUD Appropriately Marketed and Sold Section 184 Properties on Restricted Lands; However, Its Systems and Internal Controls Had Weaknesses
Consider conducting an analysis of staffing resources needed to manage the REO and notes sales on tribal trust properties program and adjust staffing accordingly.
Open Recommendation
HUD Appropriately Marketed and Sold Section 184 Properties on Restricted Lands; However, Its Systems and Internal Controls Had Weaknesses
In conjunction with corrective actions being taken on previous audits, revise ONAP’s internal policy and procedures to include detailed written policies and procedures for the marketing, preservation, and sale of defaulted loan notes and REO properties on tribal trust and other restricted lands.
Open Recommendation
HUD Appropriately Marketed and Sold Section 184 Properties on Restricted Lands; However, Its Systems and Internal Controls Had Weaknesses
Work with the Office of the Chief Information Officer to develop an electronic solution, such as a new module in Native Advantage or one similar to FHA’s P260 tracking system, to track the sale of defaulted loan notes and REO properties on tribal trust and other restricted lands. While the Read More
Open Recommendation
HUD Can Improve Its Oversight of Community Development Block Grant Direct Home-Ownership Assistance Activities
Direct responsible field offices to require the grantees identified by the audit to either provide documentation to support $227,260 in unsupported payments or reimburse their programs from non-Federal funds for costs they cannot support.
Open Recommendation
HUD Can Improve Its Oversight of Community Development Block Grant Direct Home-Ownership Assistance Activities
Provide guidance to field office staff to clarify the statutory requirements in 42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(24) regarding a principal reduction and a downpayment for direct home-ownership assistance activities.
Open Recommendation
HUD Can Improve Its Oversight of Community Development Block Grant Direct Home-Ownership Assistance Activities
Develop and implement guidance to communicate appropriate ways for grantees to calculate household income.
Open Recommendation
HUD Can Improve Its Oversight of Community Development Block Grant Direct Home-Ownership Assistance Activities
Reemphasize to field offices the importance of using the correct monitoring guide to monitor direct home-ownership assistance activities.
Open Recommendation
HUD Communicated Critical Information to Homeowners About COVID-19 Policies but Improvements Can Be Made
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 Read More
Open Recommendation
HUD Communicated Critical Information to Homeowners About COVID-19 Policies but Improvements Can Be Made
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 Read More
Open Recommendation
HUD Communicated Critical Information to Homeowners About COVID-19 Policies but Improvements Can Be Made
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) Read More
Open Recommendation
HUD Communicated Critical Information to Homeowners About COVID-19 Policies but Improvements Can Be Made
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.
Open Recommendation
HUD Communicated Critical Information to Homeowners About COVID-19 Policies but Improvements Can Be Made
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 Read More
Open Recommendation
HUD Completed the Agreed-Upon Corrective Actions for One of the Two Recommendations Reviewed From Prior OIG Audit Report 2015-LA-0001 on FHA-HAMP Partial Claims
Provide support of eligibility or require lender repayment of $5,115,079 for the 822 identified claims with a reported partial claim or loan modification within the prior 24 months.
Open Recommendation
HUD Completed the Agreed-Upon Corrective Actions for One of the Two Recommendations Reviewed From Prior OIG Audit Report 2015-LA-0001 on FHA-HAMP Partial Claims
Further revise and implement Single Family Insurance System – Claims Subsystem controls to address deficiencies that allowed payment for a limited number of claims that were ineligible due to prior loan modification or FHA-HAMP option within 24 months.
Open Recommendation
HUD Completed the Agreed-Upon Corrective Actions for One of the Two Recommendations Reviewed From Prior OIG Audit Report 2015-LA-0001 on FHA-HAMP Partial Claims
Provide support of eligibility or require repayment of $333,178 for the 28 identified potential duplicate claims with reported matching partial claim note amounts and take appropriate action as necessary to ensure that related partial claim note amounts are correctly reflected within HUD’s Single Read More
Open Recommendation
HUD Could Improve Its Controls Over the Disposition of Real Properties Assisted With Community Development Block Grant Funds
We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs issue guidance reminding grantees of the requirement to properly report the addresses of assisted properties in IDIS and properly calculate and report program income from the disposition of these properties.
Open Recommendation
HUD Could Improve Its Controls Over the Disposition of Real Properties Assisted With Community Development Block Grant Funds
We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs develop a process to ensure that grantees properly report the addresses of assisted properties in IDIS and properly calculate and report program income from the disposition of these properties regularly. This process could Read More
Open Recommendation
HUD Could Improve Its Controls Over the Disposition of Real Properties Assisted With Community Development Block Grant Funds
We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs instruct the Newark, NJ, field office to require Jersey City to provide documentation to show that a notice was provided to affected citizens as required or take action to advise affected citizens that they disposed of the Read More
Open Recommendation
HUD Could Improve Its Controls Over the Disposition of Real Properties Assisted With Community Development Block Grant Funds
We recommend that the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs instruct the Newark, NJ, field office to require Jersey City to provide documentation to support the fair market value of the property at the time of disposition. If documentation cannot be provided, the grantee should be Read More
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