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1060.3 - Byrd Amendment - Limitations on Payments
2226.1 - Single Family Mortgage Insurance Case Binder Submission, Maintenance
4000.1 - Handbook update published on January 10, 2025, and effective April 10, 2025.
- FHA Single Family Housing Policy Handbook (PDF)
- Glossary/Acronyms (PDF)
Access Single Family Housing Handbooks superseded in full by the Single Family Housing Policy Handbook 4000.1 (SF Handbook)
4000.2 - Mortgagees' Handbook, Application through Insurance (Superseded by Handbook 4155.2)
4000.4 - Single Family Direct Endorsement Program (Superseded by Handbook 4155.2)
4005.1 - Index of Housing Issuances
4010.1 - Definitions, Policy Statements and General Rulings
4045.2 - Procedural Actions Accompanying Changes in the Maximum FHA
4050.3 - Computerized Underwriting Processing System (CUPS) User's Handbook
4050.5 - Section 8 Management Information System Reporting Instructions
4065.1 - Previous Participation (HUD-2530) Handbook
4070.1 - Construction Complaints and Section 518(a) and (b)
4075.15 - Guide to Use of the FHA Soil PVC Meter
4110.1 - Single Family Remittance Processing Procedures
4140.2 - Land Planning Procedures and Data for Insurance for Home Mortgage
4140.3 - Land Planning Data Sheet
4145.1 - Architectural Processing and Inspections for Home Mortgage Insurance (Superseded in part by HUD Handbook 4000.1)
4165.1 - Endorsement for Insurance for Home Mortgage Programs (Single Family)
4210.2 - Section 235(i) Fiscal Instructions for HUD-FHA Field Offices
4225.1 - Section 312 Processing
4232.1 - Healthcare Mortgage Insurance Program
4265.1 - Home Mortgage Insurance Condominium Units
4315.1 - Multifamily Property Disposition - Management
4320.1 - Property Disposition Contracting
4330.1 - Administration of Insured Home Mortgages (Superseded in part by HUD Handbook 4000.1)
4330.2 - Mortgage Assignment Processing and Secretary-Held Servicing
4335.2 - Secretary-Held Servicing
4350.1 - Multifamily Asset Management and Project Servicing
4350.2 - Section 8 Loan Management Set-Aside Program for Projects
4350.3 - Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs
4350.4 - Insured Multifamily Mortgagee Servicing and Field Office Handbook
4350.5 - Subsidy Contract Administration and Field Monitoring
4350.6 - Processing Plans of Action Under the Low-Income Housing
4355.1 - Flexible Subsidy
4370.1 - Reviewing Annual and Monthly Financial Reports
4370.2 - Financial Operations and Accounting Procedures for Insured
4370.3 - Uniform System of Accounts for Cooperative Housing Corporations
4370.4 - Basic Accounting Desk Reference for HUD Loan Servicers
4381.5 - The Management Agent
4400.1 - Project Mortgage Insurance - Basic Section 207 Instructions
4410.1 - Project Fiscal Procedures
4420.1 - Housing Production and Mortgage Credit-Federal Housing Administration
4425.1 - Basic Underwriting
4430.1 - Initial Closing for Project Mortgages
4435.1 - Project Construction and Servicing Before Final Closing
4440.1 - Final Closing Commitment for Project Mortgage Insurance, dated 12/7
4445.1 - Underwriting-Technical Direction for Project Mortgage Insurance
4450.1 - Cost Estimation for Project Mortgage Insurance
4460.1 - Architectural Analysis and Inspections for Project Mortgage Insurance
4465.1 - Valuation Analysis for Project Mortgage Insurance
4470.1 - Mortgage Credit Analysis for Project Mortgage Insurance
4500.1 - Allowances for Making Nonprofit Projects Operational (AMPO)
4510.1 - Rental and Cooperative Housing for Lower-Income Families - Section
4535.3 - Section 106(b) Nonprofit Sponsor Assistance Loans for Section 202
4545.1 - Mobile Home Park Program, Section 207
4550.1 - Basic Cooperative Housing Insurance
4550.2 - Pre-Sale Management Type Cooperatives
4550.3 - Existing Construction - Cooperative Housing
4550.4 - Supplementary Loan - Cooperative Housing
4550.5 - Investor-Sponsor and Nonprofit Sponsorship of Housing Cooperatives
4550.6 - Sales Type Cooperatives
4555.1 - Section 220, Rental Housing in Urban Renewal Areas for Project
4560.1 - Mortgage Income for Multifamily Moderate Income Housing Projects
4560.3 - Mortgage Insurance for Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Projects, Section
4561.1 - Coinsurance for Mortgage Lenders Section 221(d), Multifamily
4561.2 - Management Servicing and Disposition Requirements for Projects with 221(D) Coinsured Loans
4565.1 - Mortgage Insurance for the Purchase or Refinancing of Existing Multifamily Housing Projects
4566.1 - Coinsurance for Mortgage Lenders (Section 223(f))
4566.2 - Management, Servicing and Disposition Requirements for Projects
4567.1 - Refinancing of Insured Multifamily Projects Pursuant to Section
4571.1 - Section 202 Direct Loan Program for Housing for the Elderly or Handicapped
4571.2 - Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities
4571.3 - Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly
4571.5 - Supportive Housing for the Elderly - Conditional Commitment - Final
4585.1 - Supplemental Loans for Project Mortgage Insurance - Section 241
4590.1 - Housing Finance Agency Risk-Sharing Pilot Program
4591.1 - Housing Development Grant Monitoring
4600.2 - Fire Safety Equipment Loan Insurance Program for Nursing Homes
4615.1 - Mortgage Insurance for Hospitals
4630.1 - Group Practice Facilities
4640.1 - Congregate Housing Services Program (CHSP) Operating Procedures
4740.2 - Title I and Other Debt Collection Guidance
4815.1 - Land Planning Analysis for Title X Land Development Projects
4820.1 - Engineering Analysis for Title X Land Development Projects
4910.1 - Minimum Property Standards for Housing, 1994 Edition (Superseded in part by HUD Handbook 4000.1)
4940.3 - Minimum Design Standards for Community Sewerage Systems
4950.1 - Technical Suitability of Products Program Processing
7400.10 - Housing Funding Control
7420.5 - Admission of Single Persons to Low-Income and Lower-Income Assisted Housing
7610.0 - HECM Housing Counseling Protocol
7610.1 - Housing Counseling Program
4020.1 - Canceled: HUD-FHA Underwriting Analysis
4060.3 - Canceled: Field Office Guide for Mortgagee Monitoring
4110.2 - Canceled: The Mortgagees' Guide - Home Mortgage Insurance - Fiscal Instructions
4115.3 - Canceled: Master Conditional Commitment Procedure
4125.1 - Canceled: Underwriting-Technical Direction for Home Mortgage Insurance
4135.1 - Canceled: Procedures for Approval of Single Family Proposed Construction
4140.1 - Canceled: Land Planning Principles for Home Mortgage Insurance
4205.1 - Canceled: Single Family Coinsurance Program
4210.1 - Canceled: Homeownership for Lower-Income Families Section 235(i)
4240.1 - Canceled: Section 203(h), Home Mortgage Insurance for Disaster Victims
4250.1 - Canceled: Home Mortgage Insurance - Low and Moderate Income Section 221(d)(2)
4255.1 - Canceled: Mortgage Insurance for Servicemen for Home Mortgage Insurance
4270.1 - Canceled: Handbook 4270.1 REV-l, Section 240, Purchase of Fee Simple
4275.1 - Canceled: Section 809, Armed Services Housing -- Civilian Employees Information
4280.1 - Canceled: Section 810(h), Armed Services Housing for Home Mortgage Insurance
4290.1 - Canceled: Section 233, Mortgages Involving Experimental Housing for Home
4600.1 - Canceled: Residential Care Facilities - Nursing Homes (SNF & ICF), Board and Care Homes and Assisted Living Facilities
4800.1 - Canceled: Administration for Title X Land Development Projects
4930.3 - Canceled: Permanent Foundations Guide for Manufactured (Replaced by Guidebook 4930.3G)