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Latest News out of Office of Housing Counseling (OHC)

August 10, 2016

Facilitator & Panelists

• Facilitator: Sarah Gerecke, Deputy Assistant

Secretary, Office of Housing

• Panelists:

– Brian Siebenlist, Office Director, Office of Policy and Grant Administration – Jerrold “Jerry” H. Mayer, Office Director, Office of Outreach and Capacity Building – Kisha Wright, Deputy Office Director, Office of Oversight & Accountability

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Session Agenda

• Updates by Office: Fiscal year 2016

accomplishments and 2017 plans

– Office of Policy and Grant Administration – Office of Outreach and Capacity Building – Office of Oversight and Accountability

• Policy Update
• Q and A

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The Office of Policy and Grant Administration

Brian Siebenlist Director

Total Households Served

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Housing Counselors Serve Millions of Families

Cumulative Households Counseled Since April 1, 2009 (Millions) Households counseled since April 1, 2009: 13.2 million

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Housing Counseling Service Trends

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Strategic Objective 1B: Credit Access

HUD’s Housing Counseling Program clients served

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Strategic Objective 1B: Credit Access

Percentage of housing counseling clients who gain access to resources to improve their housing situation

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Strategic Objective 1C: FHA’s Financial Health

Number of FHA insured mortgages benefitting from housing counseling

6.0% 5.7% 6.7% 7.7% 10.8% 9.9%

0.7% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%

93.3% 93.7% 92.9% 91.9% 89.0% 89.9%

15,214 30,394 45,810 63,083 14,137 28,453

10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 FY15, Q1 FY15, Q2 FY15, Q3 FY15, Q4 FY16, Q1 FY16, Q2

FHA Loans w/ Counseling

Progress as of FY16 Q2 (Cumulative by Fiscal Year)

HECM Loans (Counseling Required) Back to Work Loans (Counseling Required) Other Loans (Voluntary Counseling)

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Fiscal Year 2016 Accomplishments

• FY 2016-2017 Comprehensive Housing

Counseling NOFA

• Housing Counselor Certification Rule
• Housing Counseling notices on Home Equity

Conversion Mortgages (HECM)

• Housing Counseling Program Handbook

7610.1 progress

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Fiscal Year 2017 Plans

• Housing Counseling regulations
• Housing Counseling Program Handbook

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The Office of Outreach and Capacity Building Jerrold H. Mayer Director

Fiscal Year 2016 Accomplishments

• Housing Counseling Certification
• Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee
• Homeownership Month
• Training NOFA
• Counselor resources/training/toolkits
• Communication (Customer service

housing.counseling@hud.gov /Listserv/Bridge)

• Disaster Recovery Assistance Team (DART)

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Fiscal Year 2017 Plans

• Counselor Certification training and testing
• Outreach: Awareness and Visibility project,

meetings and events

• Training to build capacity (e.g., Booth

Management OMB Circular requirements, new toolkits)

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The Office of Accountability and Oversight Kisha Wright Deputy Office Director

Fiscal Year 2016 Accomplishments

• Financial audit training and technical

assistance for agencies

• Internal training for consistency and

streamlining of key oversight topics

– 9902 – Mentorship program – Grant execution

• Compliment and Complaint Program

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Fiscal Year 2017 Plans

• Performance Reviews

– Streamline and automation of the process in order to reduce time and increase efficiency – Risk analysis

• Possible program changes that reflect

feedback received from our agency partners

• Program compliance toolkits

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Office of Housing Counseling Policy Update

Policy Update

• Promote industry-wide use of the HUD-9911 Certificate
• f Housing Counseling as evidence of housing

counseling completion

• Incorporate housing counseling in the Uniform

Residential Loan Application

• Encourage use of HUD-approved Housing Counseling

Agencies in external programs

• Publish models of how state and local fees can be

directed to housing counseling

• Toolkit regarding payment of housing counseling fees at

mortgage closing

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Q and A

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