{"id":"FED-356","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (FHA-insured single-family mortgages)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Administration (Assistant Secretary for Housing - Federal Housing Commissioner)","authority":"12 U.S.C. §§ 1709, 1715b; 24 C.F.R. part 203; Handbook 4000.1","instrument":"Mortgagee Letter 2020-04","title":"Foreclosure and Eviction Moratorium in Connection with the Presidentially-Declared COVID-19 National Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-03-18","effective":"2020-03-18 for 60 days (to May 17, 2020)","end":"2020-05-17 (extended by ML 2020-13 to June 30, 2020, and thereafter)","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2020-05-17","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["all FHA-approved mortgagees and servicers"],"clause":"[Mortgagees are directed to halt all new foreclosure actions and suspend all foreclosure actions currently in process, and to cease all evictions of persons from FHA-insured single-family properties, for a period of 60 days from the date of this Mortgagee Letter, excluding legally vacant or abandoned properties.]","enforcement":"FHA program requirements; Handbook 4000.1; Mortgagee Review Board","functions":["SV foreclosure and eviction functions of FHA servicers","ML","PM"],"notes":"The FHA moratorium chain: ML 2020-04 (Mar. 18, 2020) - 2020-13 (May 14: to June 30) - 2020-19 (June 17: to Aug. 31) - 2020-27 (Aug. 27: to Dec. 31) - 2020-43 (Dec. 17: to Feb. 28, 2021) - 2021-03 (Jan. 21, 2021: to Mar. 31) - 2021-05 (Feb. 16: to June 30) - 2021-15 (June 25: to July 31, 2021; evictions to Sept. 30, 2021).","sourceUrl":"https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/OCHCO/documents/20-04hsgml.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":81639,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-B","url":"/library/FED-356","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-356","citation":"U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Administration (Assistant Secretary for Housing - Federal Housing Commissioner), Mortgagee Letter 2020-04 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. FED-356)","stateName":"","related":[]}