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    The City of St. Louis, Missouri, Used HOME Program Funds to Provide Excessive Development Subsidies
    The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Inspector General reviewed the City of St. Louis' use of HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds. Our audit objective was to determine whether the City used HOME funds for reasonable and necessary development costs. We concluded that The City used HOME funds for costs that were not reasonable and necessary to produce housing for low-income families. Additionally…
    September 30, 2008
    Report
    #2008-KC-1007
    Heartland Funding Corporation Violated the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and Did Not Fully Comply with HUD’s Underwriting, Quality Control, or Employee Compensation Requirements
    The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General, audited Heartland Funding Corporation (Heartland Funding) because of its high 30-day delinquency rate. More than 23 percent of the loans that it originated from January 2006 through December 2007 had been at least 30 days delinquent (past due). Our audit objectives were to determine whether Heartland Funding followed HUD requirements for (1) borrower…
    September 08, 2008
    Report
    #2008-KC-1006
    James B. Nutter Did Not Meet HUD’s or Its Own Quality Control Requirements Regarding the Number of Loans to Review
    The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Inspector General, reviewed James B. Nutter and Company's (J.B. Nutter) quality control program. Our objective was to determine whether J.B. Nutter followed HUD's quality control requirements for home equity conversion mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). We concluded that for six months in 2007 and 2008, J.B. Nutter did not meet HUD's…
    September 03, 2008
    Report
    #2008-KC-1005
    The Mansfield Housing Authority of Mansfield, Missouri, Misspent Public Housing Funds and Did Not Fulfill Its Section 8 Program Contract Administrator Requirements
    July 09, 2007
    Report
    #2007-KC-1006
    James B. Nutter & Company to Pay $2.4M for Allegedly Causing False Claims for Federal Mortgage Insurance
    James B. Nutter & Company, a former mortgage lender located in Kansas City, Missouri, has agreed to pay $2.4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 by knowingly underwriting Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM) insured by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA) that did not meet…
    Press release
    September 23, 2024
    Independence Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for $2.2 Million Fraud Schemes
    Sold Stolen Rental Equipment, Real Estate He Didn’t Own KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An Independence, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for two fraud schemes in which he sold unwitting victims rental equipment and real estate that did not belong to him. Jeremy Ace Woods, 46, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to 17 years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Woods to pay $798,021 in restitution to 48…
    Press release
    September 20, 2023