HUD Handbook 4000.1 IV.A.6: Debt Collection and Administrative Offset

Document

HUD Handbook 4000.1, FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook

Version in Zeitro Strata

August 12, 2026

Where

page 1642 of 1872

Official text

HUD Handbook 4000.1, FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook on the FHA website

Page 1642

6. Debt Collection and Administrative Offset

HUD may use the debt collection and administrative offset process to collect money owed by the Mortgagee due to an improper claim amount.

Guideline text quoted as published by the agency. The latest published version governs. This is not an underwriting decision.