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Mortgagee Letter 2021-03

Extension of Foreclosure and Eviction Moratorium in Connection with the Presidentially-Declared COVID-19 National Emergency (to Mar. 31, 2021)

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 14010 § 4 (Jan. 20, 2021) (request for extension of the moratoria)
Issued
2021-01-21 Jan. 21, 2021
Effective
through 2021-03-31 (read as 2021-03-31)
End
2021-03-31 (superseded by ML 2021-05) (read as 2021-03-31)
In force
Mar. 31, 2021 to Mar. 31, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q1
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 extends the moratorium on FHA-insured single family] mortgages for an additional period through March 31, 2021.... [ML 2020-13 extended the moratorium that] expired on May 17, 2020 through June 30, 2020. On June 17, 2020, HUD published ML 2020-19 to extend the moratorium through August 31, 2020.... [FHA-insured properties] are subject to an extension to the moratorium on foreclosure and Evictions through March 31, 2021.... [deadlines for the first legal action and reasonable diligence time frames, excluding] vacant or abandoned properties, are also suspended through March 31, 2021.

Enforcement

FHA program requirements

Retrieval note

Dated January 21, 2021 (the exhibit file name carries a later working date).