U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
                              WASHINGTON, D.C. 20410-8000
                               March 17, 1985
 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
HOUSING-FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER
                                                          TI-369
   MEMORANDUM FOR:  ALL APPROVED TITLE I LENDING INSTITUTIONS
                    Attn: Installment Loan Department
   SUBJECT:  Program Integrity Bulletin
 
       The Office of the Inspector General has prepared the attached
   bulletin as part of an awareness effort in areas of the Title I
   Program that may be susceptible to fraud and abuse.  In connection
   with your responsibilities under Title I we ask that you provide a
   copy of the bulletin to each of your currently approved dealers
   and all new dealers approved in the future.
 
        Complete lender and dealer requirements under the Title I
   Insured Loan Program are contained in the new Title I regulations
   which were published as a final rule on October 25, 1985 (50 FR
   43516, et seq.) and which were made effective January 15, 1986 by
   Notice published in the Federal Register on January 14, 1986
   (51 FR 1495).
 
       We urge your cooperation in this matter and if you have any
   questions, please contact Christopher Peterson, Director, Title I
   Insurance Division, Washington, D.C. 20410-8000, telephone
   (202) 755-6880.
 
                                 Very sincerely yours,
 
                                Silvio J. DeBartolomeis
                                Acting General Deputy
                                  Assistant Secretary
 
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