Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989

Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 - Title I: Ethics - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to require the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to allocate certain housing assistance on a need-based formula.

Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to require HUD to make funding decisions and assistance allocations public. Prohibits advance disclosure of funding decisions and establishes civil monetary penalties for such violations.

Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to revise headquarters reserve categories. Requires that amounts made available to the reserve be approved in appropriation Acts.

Repeals the Secretary of HUD's authority to make grants for technical assistance, special projects, and new communities under the community development block grant program (CDBG). Permits the Secretary to set aside .1 percent of specified appropriations for technical assistance.

Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to require that all HUD regulation and handbook waivers be in writing and specify the grounds for the waiver.

Authorizes the Secretary to impose civil money penalties on mortgagees or lenders for specified violations.

Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary to impose civil money penalties on multifamily mortgagors for specified violations.

Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to authorize the Secretary to impose civil money penalties on housing for the elderly or handicapped program mortgagors for specified violations.

Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary to impose civil money penalties on Government National Mortgage Association issuers for specified violations.

Amends the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act to authorize the Secretary to impose civil money penalties on land developers for specified violations.

Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to require expenditure reporting and registration of consultants, lobbyists, and others attempting to influence HUD decisions. Establishes civil money penalties for reporting violations.

Title II: Management Reform - Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to establish in HUD: (1) a Chief Financial Officer to serve as the Secretary's principal financial management advisor; and (2) a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Comptroller.

Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 to authorize appropriations for program evaluation and monitoring. Authorizes the transfer of additional specified appropriations for management reform activities.

Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to provide for expedited congressional review of HUD rulemaking.

Authorizes the use of national comparability studies in implementing section 8 (c)(2) (lower income rent adjustments) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.

Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to target community development block grant use to low and moderate income persons.

Nullifies State laws permitting single family mortgagors to redeem foreclosed properties under the rehabilitation loan program of the Housing Act of 1964.

Title III: Federal Housing Administrative Reform - Amends the National Housing Act to require the Secretary to make available annually to the public an audited financial statement of the insurance funds established under such Act.

Eliminates private investor-owners from the FHA single family mortgage insurance program. Retains program eligibility for public and nonprofit investor-owners.

Limits secondary residence (vacation home) program eligibility to instances of undue mortgagor hardship.

Requires credit reviews (under standards prescribed by HUD) of persons acquiring FHA-mortgaged properties at any time during the life of the mortgage.

Repeals title X (mortgage insurance for new communities land development) of the National Housing Act.

Prohibits dealer and loan broker participation in the organization of property improvement loans.