Mortgage Financing:
Financial Health of FHA's Home Mortgage Insurance Program Has Improved
RCED-95-20: Published: Oct 18, 1994. Publicly Released: Oct 18, 1994.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the actuarial soundness of the Federal Housing Administration's (FHA) Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, focusing on the: (1) fund's economic net worth as of the end of fiscal years 1992 and 1993; and (2) econometric and cash flow modeling approach used to estimate the fund's net worth.
GAO found that: (1) the fund's economic value has improved in recent years and the fund is accumulating sufficient capital reserves to be actuarially sound under the law; (2) at the end of fiscal year (FY) 1993, the fund had an estimated economic net worth of $4.9 billion and a capital ratio of 1.83 percent under the baseline GAO scenario; (3) at the end of fiscal year 1992, the fund's estimated net worth was $600 million and its capital ratio was 0.21 percent; (4) although legislative and other changes to the FHA single-family mortgage insurance program helped restore the fund's financial health, favorable economic conditions in 1993 were primarily responsible for the improvement; (5) the fund fell below the mandated capital ratio of 1.25 percent in FY 1992, but exceeded the ratio in FY 1993; (6) econometric and cash flow models of the FHA single-family mortgage program were used to estimate the economic net worth of FHA loans; (7) the econometric model estimated the historical relationships between the probability of loan foreclosures and prepayments and key explanatory factors such as the borrower's equity and interest rates; (8) the cash flow model measured five primary sources and uses of cash for loans originated in fiscal years 1975 through 1993; and (9) the fund's ability to maintain its financial health and to meet and maintain mandated reserve levels depends on many economic and program-related factors.
Dec 16, 2020
Lead Paint in Housing:
HUD Has Not Identified High-Risk Project-Based Rental Assistance PropertiesGAO-21-55: Published: Dec 16, 2020. Publicly Released: Dec 16, 2020.
Dec 15, 2020
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Disaster Housing:
Improved Cost Data and Guidance Would Aid FEMA Activation DecisionsGAO-21-116: Published: Dec 15, 2020. Publicly Released: Dec 15, 2020.
Dec 8, 2020
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Troubled Asset Relief Program:
Treasury Continues Winding Down Housing ProgramsGAO-21-39: Published: Dec 8, 2020. Publicly Released: Dec 8, 2020.
Aug 13, 2020
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Homelessness:
Better HUD Oversight of Data Collection Could Improve Estimates of Homeless PopulationGAO-20-433: Published: Jul 14, 2020. Publicly Released: Aug 13, 2020.
Jul 29, 2020
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Crumbling Foundations:
Extent of Homes with Defective Concrete Is Not Fully Known and Federal Options to Aid Homeowners Are LimitedGAO-20-649: Published: Jul 29, 2020. Publicly Released: Jul 29, 2020.
Jul 27, 2020
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Housing:
Preliminary Analysis of Homeownership Trends for Nine CitiesGAO-20-544R: Published: Jun 25, 2020. Publicly Released: Jul 27, 2020.
Jun 26, 2020
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Rental Housing:
As More Households Rent, the Poorest Face Affordability and Housing Quality ChallengesGAO-20-427: Published: May 27, 2020. Publicly Released: Jun 26, 2020.
Apr 30, 2020
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Priority Open Recommendations:
Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentGAO-20-500PR: Published: Apr 23, 2020. Publicly Released: Apr 30, 2020.
Mar 17, 2020
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Working Capital Fund:
HUD Could Improve Management to Better Achieve Efficiencies and Help Ensure Customer SatisfactionGAO-20-263: Published: Mar 17, 2020. Publicly Released: Mar 17, 2020.
Mar 3, 2020
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Military Housing:
Preliminary Recommendations to Strengthen DOD's Oversight and Monitoring of Privatized HousingGAO-20-471T: Published: Mar 3, 2020. Publicly Released: Mar 3, 2020.
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