source:
  type: guide
  id: hud-4000-1-v-2-employee-improprieties-attributed-to-the-mortgagee
  authority: FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook 4000.1, Part V — 2. Employee
    Improprieties Attributed to the Mortgagee (09/14/2015)
  description: FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook 4000.1, Part V — 2. Employee
    Improprieties Attributed to the Mortgagee (09/14/2015).
  coverage_tier: operative
obligations:
- id: hud-4000-1-v-2-employee-improprieties-attributed-to-the-mortgagee-full
  canonical_id: hud-4000-1-v-2-employee-improprieties-attributed-to-the-mortgagee-full
  section: FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook 4000.1, Part V — 2. Employee
    Improprieties Attributed to the Mortgagee (09/14/2015)
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - fha
  - hud-handbook
  - corpus-expansion
  - tier-operative
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook 4000.1, Part V — 2. Employee
      Improprieties Attributed to the Mortgagee (09/14/2015)
    source_class: hud-handbook
    source_url: https://www.hud.gov/hud-partners/single-family-handbook-4000-1
    snapshot_id: 8c03836f77f317e1
    fetched_at: '2026-05-23T00:28:40Z'
    content_hash: sha256:411430f29b13f9b54a2ebb0e6f6e7087ecd2b90d0da22eb0c8c792eaa2d7d0df
    paragraph_quote: 2. Employee Improprieties Attributed to the Mortgagee (09/14/2015)
      Criminal, fraudulent, or other seriously improper conduct by an officer, director,
      shareholder, partner, employee, or other individual associated with a Mortgagee
      may be attributed to the Mortgagee with which the individual is connected when
      the improper conduct occurred in connection to the individual’s performance
      of duties for or on behalf of the Mortgagee, or with the Mortgagee’s knowledge,
      approval, or acquiescence. Such impropriety may result in appropriate administrative
      sanctions against the Mortgagee. 3. Program Office Actions and Sanctions FHA’s
      Office of Single Family Housing is authorized to take the following enforcement
      actions against Mortgagees that do not comply with FHA requirements.
  judgment: false
