HUD Offices Disagree on How to Process Settlement Collections
August 12, 2016
A dispute over which office within the Department of Housing and Urban Development is responsible for tracking and recording certain collections from civil fraud settlements is wreaking havoc on HUD’s accounting of collections and recoveries. In its semiannual report to Congress, HUD’s Office of the Inspector General said it might have to elevate the matter to the HUD deputy secretary for a decision as to which office is responsible for each action. The dispute ...