We recommend that the Director of the Office of Disaster Recovery require the State to enhance the system used to estimate costs, to include the Wildland-Urban Interface Code required roof valley flashing, or document in the system and its output the different materials and costs used.

We recommend that the Director of the Office of Disaster Recovery require the State to develop and implement a policy to identify ownership and primary residency earlier in the review process and potential red flags in documentation.

We recommend that the Director of the Office of Disaster Recovery require the State to document and support its decision regarding duplication of benefits and income verification for additional owners of the property under an application.

We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy Development and Research, and the Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer develop the project management documents, as required by HUD’s Project Planning and Management Life Cycle V2.0 policy, including obtaining required approvals and ensuring that an adequate project risk management process is established for identifying, analyzing,…

We recommend that the General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy Development and Research; the Deputy Chief Information Officer; and the Director, Office of Disaster Recovery, identify and incorporate at least one additional data source into the Disaster Recovery Data Portal to further assist grantees with duplication of benefits assessments.

The devastating and tragic wildfires on Hawaii’s Maui, like many natural disasters, have caused hardship conditions that leave individual, businesses, and communities vulnerable to bad actors who take advantage of those impacted by these severe weather emergencies.

Consider grantee feedback on the challenges they faced as part of ONAP’s planning for technical assistance and training of ONAP COVID-19 recovery program grantees.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provides funding to victims recovering from natural disasters. It is critical that applicants fill out all paperwork and answer all questions truthfully when applying for disaster benefits.

HUD (a) identify all contracts related to its programs that pre-date July 1, 2013 and that have not yet been modified to include Section 4712 whistleblower protections; and (b) review all contracts entered into on or after July 1, 2013, to ensure they include a clause that requires contractors to comply with Section 4712. Status HUD provided a Management Plan that identifies actions HUD is taking to address the recommendation. The OIG…

Seek voluntary cooperation from program participants to proactively modify pre-2013 contracts for the purpose of including a clause requiring compliance with Section 4712. Status HUD provided a Management Plan that identifies actions HUD is taking to address the recommendation. The OIG and HUD have not reached an agreement that the actions proposed will fully address the recommendation. Additionally, HUD has not completed several of…

Use its best efforts to include a clause requiring compliance with Section 4712 at the time of major modifications to contracts with program participants with whom HUD is unable to gain voluntary cooperation. Status HUD provided a Management Plan that identifies actions HUD is taking to address the recommendation. The OIG and HUD have not reached an agreement that the actions proposed will fully address the recommendation. Additionally…

HUD seek legislative authority to expeditiously include Section 4712 protections within contracts for which HUD believes it must otherwise wait until there is a major modification.

HUD develop and implement controls to ensure that the provisions of Section 4712 are included in all contracts.

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.

Strengthen current written policies on occupancy requirements for subsidized multifamily housing programs to ensure that prospective tenants do not improperly bypass waiting lists.

Acknowledge that the attached settlement agreement for $4,000 represents an amount due HUD from MetLife.

Enforce the indemnification agreement in the attached settlement agreement to prevent an estimated $95,769 loss to HUD. This represents an amount due HUD from MetLife for indemnifying and holding HUD harmless for any and all losses HUD incurs or has incurred in connection with FHA loan number 137-4740973.

Acknowledge that the attached settlement agreement for $1,500 represents an amount due HUD from the borrower’s son.

Ensure that HUD completes the debarment process and appropriately notifies the independent public accountant of the debarment decision.

Develop a method for using the Do Not Pay portal during the underwriting process to identify delinquent child support and delinquent Federal debt to prevent future FHA loans to ineligible borrowers to put $1.9 billion to better use. Status The Office of Housing has approved prioritization of funding for Integration between the Treasury’s Do Not Pay portal and HUD’s Computerized Homes Underwriting Reporting System (CHUMS). Funding was…