HUD’s inspector general reported $69.0 million in financial recoveries from 30 administrative-civil actions related to FHA fraud and $39.2 million in settlements with two FHA lenders.

An audit by the inspector general found that HUD had failed to meet basic privacy protection requirements for records containing stakeholders’ personally identifiable information.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers sent a letter urging HUD to engage with Native American tribes before formulating any rulemaking, such as on downpayment assistance, that would impact tribal organizations.

The Senate Banking Committee has advanced Brian Montgomery’s nomination for HUD deputy secretary. Five Democrats opposed the nomination.

A revised version of HUD’s defect taxonomy includes new definitions of severity tiers, causes and sources for each defect category.

There is optimism that the forthcoming FHA annual report on the health of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund will bear encouraging news, according to one analyst.