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    2023-KC-0002 | February 14, 2023

    HUD Did Not Sufficiently Flag Unacceptable Physical Condition Scores To Assess Its Controlling Participants

    Housing

    •   2023-KC-0002-001-B
      Update APPS to automatically flag a property that receives successive below-60 REAC inspection scores.
    •   2023-KC-0002-001-A
      Implement a quality control review to ensure that successive below-60 REAC inspection score flags are entered into APPS.
    2023-NY-0001 | January 30, 2023

    HUD’s Communication to Homeowners About COVID-19 Policies

    Housing

    •   2023-NY-0001-001-E
      Closed on May 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-NY-0001-001-D
      Closed on May 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.
    •   2023-NY-0001-001-C
      Closed on May 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.
    •   2023-NY-0001-001-B
      Closed on May 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.
    •   2023-NY-0001-001-A
      Closed on May 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.
    2023-FO-0008 | January 24, 2023

    Assessment of HUD’s IT Infrastructure To Support Extensive Telework

    Chief Information Officer

    •   2023-FO-0008-004-A
      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-FO-0008-003-A
      Research, evaluate, and implement technical solutions to resolve the user account management issues and the underlying issue in the technical environment.
    •   2023-FO-0008-002-B
      Closed on May 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.
    •   2023-FO-0008-002-A
      Closed on May 24, 2023
      Research, evaluate, and implement technical solutions to provide additional improvements to VPN and related remote working capabilities of HUD system users.
    •   2023-FO-0008-001-A
      Closed on May 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
    2023-KC-0001 | December 05, 2022

    Ginnie Mae Did Not Ensure That All Pooled Loans Had Agency Insurance

    Government National Mortgage Association

    •   2023-KC-0001-001-B
      Ensure that all necessary information regarding terminated VA loans is included in the matching process.
    •   2023-KC-0001-001-A
      $903,085,334
      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.
    2023-FO-0004 | November 17, 2022

    Audit of HUD’s Fiscal Years 2022 and 2021 Financial Statements

    Chief Financial Officer

    •   2023-FO-0004-003-A
      Establish a formal policy addressing HUD’s federal awarding agency responsibilities under 2 CFR § 200.513(c). The policy should identify those involved in the process and their roles in addressing this single audit oversight function. The policy should also address how it will be carried out and documented.
    •   2023-FO-0004-001-G
      As part of the validation process for CPD’s accrued grant liabilities, review CPD’s accrued grant liabilities estimation methodology to ensure that it is based on verifiable grantee supporting documentation and all assumptions and variables used for the grant accrual estimate were properly established, supported, and documented.
    •   2023-FO-0004-001-D
      Closed on February 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.
    •   2023-FO-0004-001-C
      Closed on August 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.

    Community Planning and Development

    •   2023-FO-0004-001-F
      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.
    •   2023-FO-0004-001-E
      Develop and document internal procedures to ensure that they will address the Program Office’s responsibilities within the departmental grant accrual validation policy.
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