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Open Recommendations

Manufactured Housing: Further HUD Action is Needed to Increase Available Loan Products

GAO-23-105615
Sep 26, 2023
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Department of Housing and Urban Development The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development should ensure that the Commissioner of FHA implement planned changes to provide additional financing options for manufactured homes, including identifying options for greater securitization of manufactured home mortgages and personal property loans and establishing time frames and milestones for the actions. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Department of Housing and Urban Development The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development should ensure that the President of Ginnie Mae implement planned changes to provide additional financing options for manufactured homes, including identifying options for greater securitization of manufactured home mortgages and personal property loans and establishing time frames and milestones for the actions. (Recommendation 2)
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Military Barracks: Poor Living Conditions Undermine Quality of Life and Readiness

GAO-23-105797
Sep 19, 2023
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Department of Defense The Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the Commandant of the Marine Corps, should update the Marine Corps' minimum standards for assignment to barracks to ensure they meet DOD's privacy and configuration standards, as required under the DOD Housing Manual. (Recommendation 9)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment examines how the services develop and use mission scores for barracks and, based on that review, provides guidance to the services on how they should develop and use these mission scores for purposes of barracks improvement prioritization, including, as appropriate, increasing consistency to the maximum extent practicable. (Recommendation 20)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment collaborate with the military services to define a common purpose and establish a joint strategy for improving barracks conditions. (Recommendation 31)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of the Air Force should update the Air Force's minimum standards for assignment to barracks to ensure they meet DOD's privacy and configuration standards, as required under the DOD Housing Manual. (Recommendation 10)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of the Army should conduct a systematic, objective analysis, that includes input from unit leaders, on the lowest reasonable rank threshold for Army unaccompanied service members required to live in military barracks, and adjust policies in accordance with that analysis. (Recommendation 21)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment sets requirements related to waivers, including requirements for tracking and documenting waivers and time limits for waivers. (Recommendation 11)
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Affordable Housing: Improvements Needed in HUD's Oversight of the Housing Trust Fund Program

GAO-23-105370
Aug 08, 2023
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Department of Housing and Urban Development The Secretary of HUD should ensure that the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development develops and implements a centralized process to monitor HTF grantees' compliance with the requirement to enter completion information in IDIS within 120 days of the final project drawdown and provides additional instruction to grantees about this requirement. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Housing and Urban Development The Secretary of HUD should ensure that the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development develops and implements a centralized process to monitor data in IDIS on the total number of units in completed projects for likely errors and provides additional instruction to grantees about inputting these data. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of Housing and Urban Development The Secretary of HUD should ensure that the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development uses additional methods, such as formal notices and training, to enhance communication of the cost certification requirement to grantees. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of Housing and Urban Development The Secretary of HUD should ensure that the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development schedules and conducts a comprehensive assessment of HTF fraud risks in accordance with GAO's Fraud Risk Framework and HUD's fraud risk management policy. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of Housing and Urban Development The Secretary of HUD should ensure that the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development revises HUD's public reports on HTF to disclose that the amount of non-HTF funds may be underreported and that HTF units are only a portion of the total units in HTF-assisted projects. (Recommendation 5)
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Military Housing: Army Should Improve Inspection Oversight and Long-Term Capital Investment Projections

GAO-23-105983
Jul 27, 2023
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that DASA (IH&P), in coordination with Army Materiel Command, IMCOM, and Lendlease, develops a standardized reporting process to facilitate oversight of all ICC inspections to share with local Army housing offices. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that DASA (IH&P) enforces its requirement for privatized housing projects to include an updated pro forma when submitting development plans for Army review and approval. (Recommendation 2)
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