source:
  type: guide
  id: hud-4000-1-i-g-payment-of-operating-expenses
  authority: FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook 4000.1, Part I — g. Payment
    of Operating Expenses (03/14/2016)
  description: FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook 4000.1, Part I — g. Payment
    of Operating Expenses (03/14/2016).
  coverage_tier: operative
obligations:
- id: hud-4000-1-i-g-payment-of-operating-expenses-full
  canonical_id: hud-4000-1-i-g-payment-of-operating-expenses-full
  section: FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook 4000.1, Part I — g. Payment of
    Operating Expenses (03/14/2016)
  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 I — g. Payment
      of Operating Expenses (03/14/2016)
    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: g. Payment of Operating Expenses (03/14/2016) i. Definition Operating
      Expenses are the costs associated with equipment, furniture, office rent, overhead,
      and employee compensation. ii. Standard The Mortgagee must pay all of its own
      operating expenses, including the expenses of its home office and any branch
      offices where it conducts FHA business. The Mortgagee must maintain all accounts
      for operating expenses in its name.
  judgment: false
