Perform an internal review of all FHA-HAMP partial claims that were combined with loan modifications to determine their eligibility and report the results to HUD for repayment of improperly filed partial claims.

Support the unsupported amount of match for its subgrantee or repay HUD $54,473 from non-Federal funds (appendix D).

Support sampled retroactive payroll costs totaling $12,109, which correspond to the actual time attributed to grants CA0689L9D011502, CA0880L9D011501, CA0881L9D011501, and CA0945L9D011506, or reimburse HUD from non-Federal funds.

Certify, along with the owners of the 63 units cited in this finding, that the applicable housing quality standards violations have been corrected.

Reimburse its program $29,226 from non-Federal funds ($27,737 for housing assistance payments and $1,489 in associated administrative fees) for the 22 units that materially failed to meet HUD’s housing quality standards.

Develop and implement procedures and controls to ensure that program units meet housing quality standards and inspectors are adequately trained to perform inspections, thereby ensuring that an estimated $1,241,550 in program funds is spent for units that are decent, safe and sanitary.

Reimburse its program $3,822 from non-Federal funds for housing assistance payments that should have been abated.

Reimburse five owners $267 for the excess housing assistance payments it abated.

Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that extensions granted to owners to make repairs after failed inspections comply with HUD regulations.

Develop and implement controls to ensure that abatements are properly calculated and procedures in its administrative plan are followed.

Train its staff on the proper abatement of housing assistance payments.

The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.

The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.

The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.

The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.

The OIG has determined that the contents of this recommendation would not be appropriate for public disclosure and has therefore limited its distribution to selected officials.

Establish and implement an effective quality control process to prevent or detect model processing errors cited in our report and prevent other similar model processing errors in the future.

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.

Establish and implement policies and procedures for assessing and monitoring the reliability of the work performed by FHA’s modeling contractors.