Collect on one partial claim note for which the loan had matured, resulting in funds to be put to better use in the amount of $1,905.
2018-LA-0005 | September 21, 2018
HUD Did Not Have Adequate Controls To Ensure That Partial Claim Notes for FHA Loans Were Properly Tracked for Future Collection
Housing
- Status2018-LA-0005-001-JOpenClosed$1,905Funds 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.
- Status2018-LA-0005-001-KOpenClosed$622Funds 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.
Review two loans in which the partial claim note amount entered was different from the note or mortgage amount to ensure that the appropriate partial claim note amount is entered into SMART, resulting in funds to be put to better use in the amount of $622.
- Status2018-LA-0005-001-LOpenClosed
Update its procedures to allow automatic boarding for all partial claims paid to eliminate errors caused by manual boarding, including partial claim notes not boarded, and partial claim notes boarded but not yet paid by HUD.
- Status2018-LA-0005-001-MOpenClosed
Develop and implement procedures and controls to board all manually paid partial claims and record all lender payments received via claim remittances.
- Status2018-LA-0005-001-NOpenClosed
Develop and implement additional controls to ensure that it accepts only note and mortgage documents with correct amounts that could be matched to the amount recorded in SMART and that the note and mortgage documents marked as received are entered into SMART.
- Status2018-LA-0005-001-OOpenClosed
Develop and implement additional controls to ensure that it releases mortgages only when they have been satisfied.
2018-PH-1006 | September 21, 2018
The Owner of Luther Towers II, Wilmington, DE, Did Not Manage Its HUD-Insured Project in Accordance With Its Regulatory Agreement and HUD Requirements
Housing
- Status2018-PH-1006-001-AOpenClosed$2,136,849Questioned 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.
Provide documentation to show that disbursements totaling $2,136,849 and any bank transfers to the owner’s non-project accounts that occurred outside of our audit period were reasonable and necessary expenses for the operation of the project or repay the project from non-project funds for any amount that it cannot support.
- Status2018-PH-1006-001-BOpenClosed
Provide documentation to show that project funds are segregated in the project’s name, in accordance with the regulatory agreement and HUD requirements.
- Status2018-PH-1006-001-COpenClosed$100,000Funds 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.
Take immediate action to remove project bank accounts as security for the owner’s line of credit and, thereby put up to $100,000 to better use.
- Status2018-PH-1006-001-DOpenClosed
Submit a project owner’s or management agent’s certification, management entity profile, current budget and other required documentation to HUD for review and approval.
- Status2018-PH-1006-001-EOpenClosed
Develop and implement controls to ensure that the project complies with the regulatory agreement and applicable HUD requirements, including but not limited to policies and procedures for maintaining project funds in separate bank accounts in the project’s name, using project funds only for necessary expenses of the project, and reconciling bank accounts to the project’s computerized accounting records.
- Status2018-PH-1006-001-FOpenClosed
Provide training and technical assistance to the owner’s executive director and staff to ensure compliance with the terms of its regulatory agreement and applicable HUD requirements.
2018-CH-1005 | September 18, 2018
Towne Mortgage Company, Troy, MI, Generally Implemented Its Loss Mitigation Program in Accordance With HUD’s Requirements
Housing
- Status2018-CH-1005-001-AOpenClosed
Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that borrowers’ delinquent and default information is accurately reported.
- Status2018-CH-1005-001-BOpenClosed
Provide verification to HUD that it has taken the appropriate action to correct its delinquent or default status code reporting for the borrowers affected as a result of its system change.
- Status2018-CH-1005-001-COpenClosed
Ensure that staff responsible for making entries into its servicing system is properly trained and understands HUD’s reporting requirements.
2018-BO-0001 | September 17, 2018
HUD’s Office of Residential Care Facilities Did Not Always Have and Use Financial Information to Adequately Assess and Monitor Nursing Homes
Housing
- Status2018-BO-0001-001-AOpenClosed
Work with the owners, lenders, operators, and management agents (as applicable) to develop and implement an action plan for potentially troubled and troubled nursing homes. Each plan should include an analysis of the root causes of that nursing home’s challenges and define specific and measureable steps that address the root causes. Each step should have a defined completion date.
- Status2018-BO-0001-001-BOpenClosed$41,435,357Funds 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.
Implement the action plan for the four defaulted nursing homes to protect HUD’s investment of $41,435,357. This amount represents the collective funds put to better use for these nursing homes. Appendix E lists the funds to be put to better use by nursing home
- Status2018-BO-0001-001-COpenClosed
Develop and implement policies and procedures to address delinquent or defaulted mortgages that would not benefit from refinancing.
- Status2018-BO-0001-001-DOpenClosed
Refer regulatory agreement violations to the Departmental Enforcement Center within 30 days of HUD having identified it and work with the Departmental Enforcement Center to develop a plan for resolving the violation. Any revisions to the plan must be accepted by the Departmental Enforcement Center.
- Status2018-BO-0001-001-EOpenClosed
Review and revise the policies and procedures for making partial payments of claims to check that each decision to make a partial payment of claim ensures that the payment restores the subject nursing home to financial viability to avoid a repeat of the situation that led to the loss on Hebrew Home.