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HUD OIG Reports HMBS Program Management Concerns

Consistent with its mission to safeguard against fraud, waste, and abuse, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced concerns regarding Ginnie Mae’s...more

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HUD OIG Again Takes Issue with Mortgage Servicer Websites Addressing CARES Act

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As previously reported, in April 2020 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Inspector General (HUD OIG) issued a statement criticizing how mortgage servicer websites were providing information on the...more

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HUD OIG Takes Issue with Mortgage Servicer Websites Addressing CARES Act

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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Inspector General (HUD OIG) issued a statement dated April 27, 2020, that is not complimentary about how mortgage servicer websites are providing information on...more

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HUD OIG Update

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The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently issued its Semiannual Report to Congress for the period from April through September 2018....more

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HUD OIG Report Could be Precursor to Increased Partial Claim Reimbursement Demands

On September 21, 2018, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”)’s Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) completed a review of HUD’s partial claims program. In many ways, the title of the OIG audit report, “HUD...more

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The OIG issues dozens of new audit reports

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Just in time for the end of the federal fiscal year (September 30), the HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a flurry of internal and external audit reports over the last few weeks on a wide variety of topics....more

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OIG asks: Are CPD programs available to undocumented immigrants?

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Today, the HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a bulletin indicating that it is unclear if undocumented immigrants have access to certain HUD Community Planning and Development (CPD) programs – namely the Housing...more

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OIG Examines Travel and Travel Costs

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In a new audit report, HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) questioned certain costs paid by a public housing authority (PHA) for travel by the PHA’s commissioners. The OIG alleges violations of uniform cost principals at...more

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HUD Inspector General Issues Alert on Appraiser Identity Theft

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The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued an alert on appraiser identity theft. The alert details cases in three states where identity thieves illegally used...more

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Financial Services Report, Winter 2016

EDITOR’S NOTE - Hope you survived all of those awkward Thanksgiving holiday conversations— amazing how divided people are on whether the court got it right in the PHH case, isn’t it? So on we go into the holiday season,...more

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HUD OIG Announces Termination of FHA Fraud Investigation

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On September 29, the Office of Inspector General for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD OIG) announced the termination of an investigation of a national mortgage lender relating to a purported...more

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Down Payment Assistance Stand-Off between HUD and the Inspector General Clouds the Waters

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The HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG) released an audit on July 9, 2015, in which it opined that loans that included down payment assistance programs from state housing agencies ran afoul of HUD regulations. (OIG Report...more

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OIG audit finds RAD risk assessment inadequate

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The HUD Office of Inspector General (the “OIG”) recently released an audit of the front-end assessment (“FERA”) undertaken for the Rental Assistance Demonstration’s (the “Demonstration”) first, or public housing, component. A...more

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Office of Inspector General challenges HUD policy regarding public housing for over-income families

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The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released an audit report of HUD examining the extent to which over-income families have been residing in public housing units. “Over-income” means the families were eligible low-...more

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OIG criticizes HUD’s enforcement of community service requirement

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This week, HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report critical of HUD’s oversight of the community service and economic self-sufficiency requirement (CSSR). This federal requirement, applicable only to public...more

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HUD OIG report critical of asset repositioning fee calculations

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HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an audit of HUD last week pertaining to awards of asset repositioning fees (ARF), the funds that public housing authorities (PHAs) may receive in connection with demolishing or...more

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OIG audit criticizes public housing asset management

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A new HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit published last week levied intense criticism at HUD’s implementation of public housing asset management. Focusing on HUD’s methodology and monitoring of asset management and...more

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