HUD OIG is conducting a review of a nationwide mortgage servicing company that provides servicing and origination for FHA loans. In the summer of 2021, FHA introduced new recovery loss mitigation options for borrowers exiting forbearance, which will provide a path to deep and sustained recovery for borrowers who were significantly impacted by the pandemic by reinstating their loans from a delinquent to current status.
COVID-19 Loss Mitigation
HUD OIG is conducting an audit of COVID-19 loss mitigation. In the summer of 2021, FHA introduced new recovery loss mitigation options for borrowers exiting forbearance, which will provide a path to deep and sustained recovery for borrowers who were significantly impacted by the pandemic by reinstating their loans from a delinquent to current status.
Office of Community Planning and Development’s Use of Remote Monitoring
The Office of Inspector General is initiating an evaluation of the Office of Community Planning and Development’s (CPD) use of remote monitoring between October 1, 2018 and September 30, 2021. Our objectives are to determine (1) what has changed in CPD’s monitoring approach, and (2) what opportunities for improvement exist in CPD’s use of remote monitoring.
CDBG CARES Act Grantee Challenges
HUD OIG is reviewing HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development’s (CPD) HUD’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Community Development Block Grants (CDBG-CV) program. The CARES Act provided $4.9 billion in CCDBG-CV funds to be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. Our objective is to determine what challenges grantees faced in obligating and spending their allocated CDBG-CV funds
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development’s (CPD) Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG-CV) program
HUD OIG is reviewing HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development’s (CPD) Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG-CV) program. The CARES Act provided $4 billion in ESG-CV funds to be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, among individuals and families who are homeless or receiving homeless assistance. Our objective is to determine what cha
Flood Insurance During Servicing
HUD OIG is auditing the risk to the FHA fund from uninsured flood damage. The objective of this audit is to determine whether borrowers of FHA-insured loans maintained proper flood insurance coverage. This audit will cover FHA-insured forward and reverse mortgages active throughout calendar year 2020.
Evaluation Closure – Federal Housing Administration Residency Requirements
In June 2020, we received letters from members of Congress, including the chairpersons of the House Committee on Financial Services and Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee, expressing concern that the U.S.
Federal Housing Administration - CARES Act Forbearance
HUD OIG is auditing HUD's Office of Single-Family Housing - Federal Housing Administration (FHA) program partly in response to media reports which have highlighted instances when lenders did not properly administer the COVID-19 forbearance options. The audit objective is to determine whether FHA insured borrowers properly received the CARES Act forbearance options.
Status of Office of Native American Programs (ONAP) CARES Act Funds
HUD OIG is conducting a limited review of the emergency Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) and Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) funds authorized under the CARES Act. HUD awarded $200 million in IHBG CARES Act funding and $100 million in ICDBG CARES Act funding. The audit objective is to determine the status of emergency IHBG and ICDBG CARES Act funds and any areas of potential concern.
HUD's Spending of Continuum of Care Funds
HUD OIG is reviewing HUD's Continuum of Care (CoC) spending. Under the CoC Program, HUD provides funding to promote communitywide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness. Between fiscal years 2017 and 2019, HUD made available between $2 billion to $2.3 billion annually for the CoC Program.