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Mortgagee Letter 2020-27

Extension of Foreclosure and Eviction Moratorium in Connection with the Presidentially-Declared COVID-19 National Emergency (to Dec. 31, 2020)

HUD, Federal Housing Administration · United States (FHA-insured single-family mortgages) (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States (FHA-insured single-family mortgages)
Level
Federal
Authority
12 U.S.C. §§ 1709, 1715b; Executive Order 13945 § 2 (Aug. 8, 2020)
Issued
2020-08-27 Aug. 27, 2020
Effective
through 2020-12-31 (read as 2020-12-31)
End
2020-12-31 (extended by ML 2020-43) (read as 2020-12-31)
In force
Dec. 31, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Other
Addressees
  • FHA mortgagees and servicers
Functions reached
  • SV
  • ML
  • PM
Collection
Federal commerce, travel, workplace and finance layer FED-B

Operative words

[HUD extended the moratorium] for an additional period through December 31, 2020.... [ML 2020-13 was published to] extend the moratorium that expired on May 17, 2020 through June 30, 2020. [ML 2020-19 extended it] through August 31, 2020. On August 8, 2020, the President issued an [Executive Order on Fighting the Spread of COVID-19 by Providing Assistance to Renters and Homeowners]... [FHA-insured single family mortgages, excluding vacant or abandoned] properties, are subject to an extension to the moratorium on foreclosure and Evictions through December 31, 2020. The moratorium applies to the initiation of [foreclosures and to foreclosures in process].

Enforcement

FHA program requirements

Notes

In force Sept. 30 - Oct. 1, 2020.