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Abbreviation
SIGTARP
Agencies
Troubled Asset Relief Program
Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program
Federal Agency
Yes
Location

United States

What to Report to the OIG Hotline
If you have a tip about potential waste, fraud or abuse in the Troubled Asset Relief Program, please report it to SIGTARP hotline. SIGTARP has jurisdiction across TARP, including: -- The Home Mortgage Affordable Program (HAMP) -- The Hardest Hit Fund (HHF), including the Blight Elimination Program -- Bank bailout programs, including the Capital Purchase Program (CPP) and the Community Development Capital Initiative (CDCI)
What Not to Report to the OIG Hotline
Any applications to the Hardest Hit Fund should be sent to the relevant state program, which can be found here. SIGTARP does not manage these programs.

Homeowners Have Struggled With Low Admission Rates and Lengthy Delays In Getting Help From TARP's Second Largest Housing Program - The Hardest Hit Fund

2016
Other
Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program
Troubled Asset Relief Program

Homeowners have struggled with low admission rates and lengthy delays in getting help from TARP's second largest housing program - the Hardest Hit Fund

Non-Bank Private Mortgage Servicers Who Have Already Received More Than $1 Billion From Treasury Are Increasing Their Participation in HAMP, Which Raises Risks to Homeowners And the Need for Significant Oversight

2016
Other
Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program
Troubled Asset Relief Program

Non-Bank private mortgage servicers who have already received more than $1 billion from Treasury are increasing their participation in HAMP, which raises risks to homeowners and the need for significant oversight.

Waste and Abuse in the Hardest Hit Fund in Nevada

2016
SIGTARP-16-004
Audit
Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program
Troubled Asset Relief Program

Treasury’s Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund for the Hardest Hit Housing Markets (the “Hardest Hit Fund” or “HHF”) program provides Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”) dollars tohomeowners in 19 states to prevent foreclosures. This includes homeowners in Nevada. HHF is largely targeted at...

Treasury's HHF Blight Elimination Program Lacks Important Federal Protections Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

2016
SIGTARP-16-003
Audit
Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program
Troubled Asset Relief Program

Since 2010, the Troubled Asset Relief Program’s (“TARP”) Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund for the Hardest Hit Housing Markets (“Hardest Hit Fund” or “HHF”) has provided funds through housing finance agencies in 18 states and the District of Columbia (“HFAs” or the “state HFAs”) to homeowners...

Improving TARP's Investment in American Workers

2017
SIGTARP-17-001
Audit
Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program
Troubled Asset Relief Program

TARP’s Hardest Hit Fund is an investment in American workers, providing a temporary safety net to help save the homes of unemployed and underemployed working class Americans in Rust Belt states (such as Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois), Southern states (such as North Carolina, South Carolina...

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