HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of the Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program
Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that OLG uses enforcement actions available under 12 U.S.C. 1715z-3a(g) for lenders that do not underwrite loans according to the Section 184 processing guidelines.
Open Recommendation
HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of the Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program
Ensure that only underwriters that are approved by OLG are underwriting Section 184 loans.
Open Recommendation
HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of the Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program
Develop and implement written policies and procedures for situations in which the borrower for a Section 184 loan is an Indian housing authority, a tribally designated housing entity, or an Indian tribe.
Open Recommendation
HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of the Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program
Reconcile the total list of guaranteed Section 184 loans to the complete loan file storage list and identify and locate any missing loan files.
Open Recommendation
HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of Its Family Self-Sufficiency Program
Require the 12 grantees to correct their action plans to ensure that they comply with program requirements and submit the corrected plans to HUD for review or require the grantees to repay HUD from non-Federal funds for any amount of the $7,779,450 they received that they cannot support.
Open Recommendation
HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of Its Family Self-Sufficiency Program
Require the Housing Authority of Brevard County to repay $1,520 in ineligible escrow funds to HUD from non-Federal funds for the program participant that exceeded allowable contract terms of the FSS program.
Open Recommendation
HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of Its Family Self-Sufficiency Program
Monitor the grantees’ efforts to improve the accuracy and completeness of the PIC program data to ensure that program outcomes reported to Congress are accurately supported.
Open Recommendation
HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of Its Family Self-Sufficiency Program
Develop and implement a plan to monitor grantee FSS programs, including to ensure that escrow accounts are calculated correctly.
Open Recommendation
HUD Did Not Provide Adequate Oversight of Its Family Self-Sufficiency Program
Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that documentation is maintained by grantees to support program participants’ contractual agreements.
Open Recommendation
HUD Did Not Provide Effective Oversight of Section 202 Multifamily Project Refinances
We recommend that the Director, Office of Multifamily Asset Management, require that each Hub or field office review its refinanced Section 202/223(f) projects for debt service savings amounts, utilizing data provided from this audit for possible additional debt service savings. Where legally Read More
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HUD Did Not Provide Sufficient Guidance and Oversight To Ensure That State Disaster Grantees Followed Proficient Procurement Processes
Clarify that if a State receives a disaster recovery grant and chooses to certify that its procurement process is equivalent to Federal procurement standards, “equivalent” means that its procurement process fully aligns with, or meets the intent of, each of the Federal procurement standards at 2 Read More
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HUD Did Not Provide Sufficient Guidance and Oversight To Ensure That State Disaster Grantees Followed Proficient Procurement Processes
Improve its controls to ensure that appropriate staff adequately evaluates the proficiency of State grantee procurement processes for States that select the equivalency option. This includes ensuring that staff that specializes in procurement review the documentation to ensure that State Read More
Open Recommendation
HUD Did Not Provide Sufficient Guidance and Oversight To Ensure That State Disaster Grantees Followed Proficient Procurement Processes
Clarify and improve its guidance for State grantees to explain what it means to have a procurement process that fully aligns with, or meets the intent of, each of the Federal procurement standards at 2 CFR 200.318 through 200.326.
Open Recommendation
HUD Did Not Provide Sufficient Guidance and Oversight To Ensure That State Disaster Grantees Followed Proficient Procurement Processes
Provide procurement training and technical assistance to State grantees to ensure that they understand the intent of each of the Federal procurement standards at 2 CFR 200.318 through 200.326.
Open Recommendation
HUD Did Not Provide Sufficient Guidance and Oversight To Ensure That FHA-Insured Properties Nationwide Had Safe Water
Direct the applicable lenders to provide evidence that the properties for the 1,383 FHA-insured loans not included in our sample had a safe and potable water source, or that the appraisers had not notified the lender of the water quality issue on their appraisals. If the lenders cannot provide Read More
Open Recommendation
HUD Did Not Provide Sufficient Guidance and Oversight To Ensure That FHA-Insured Properties Nationwide Had Safe Water
Take appropriate administrative action against the lenders or appraisers for any cases in which it finds that they did not take appropriate steps to ensure that properties had a safe and potable water source.
Open Recommendation
HUD Did Not Provide Sufficient Guidance and Oversight To Ensure That FHA-Insured Properties Nationwide Had Safe Water
Develop and implement additional guidance to advise lenders and appraisers when water testing is required for properties serviced by a public water system which has issued a public notice of water contamination.
Open Recommendation
HUD Did Not Provide Sufficient Guidance and Oversight To Ensure That FHA-Insured Properties Nationwide Had Safe Water
Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that appraisers comply with guidance implemented to resolve recommendation 1C, including penalties for failure to comply, thereby ensuring that at least $238,090,214 million is put to better use.
Open Recommendation
HUD Did Not Provide Sufficient Guidance and Oversight To Ensure That FHA-Insured Properties Nationwide Had Safe Water
Consider requiring water testing for all FHA-insured properties.
Open Recommendation
HUD Did Not Sufficiently Flag Unacceptable Physical Condition Scores To Assess Its Controlling Participants
Implement a quality control review to ensure that successive below-60 REAC inspection score flags are entered into APPS.
Open Recommendation