Keep the faith and keep applying. Started at GS-11, was promoted to GS-12 at the end of the probationary period.

1. Opened - 03/27/2020
2. Applied - 03/28/2020
3. Closed - 04/09/2020
4. Referred - 04/30/2020
5. 1st Telephone interview - 05/04/2020 for FL duty station
6. 2nd Telephone interview - 05/08/2020 for TN duty station
7. Tentative offer and background check requested - 05/27/2020 for TN duty station
8. Background check information submitted to HUD Security Office - 06/01/2021
9. Final Offer received (was allowed to onboard as early as July 6th 2021 but had to relocate to TN) - 06/17/2020
10. EOD - 08/31/2020

I felt the need to post my timeline here because the HUD forum doesn't have a lot of activity.