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The two government-owned enterprises also reminded mortgage servicers that hardship forbearance is an option for borrowers unable to make payments.Ĭonsumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathy Kraninger, the chief official tasked with helping consumers struggling with the economic fallout from the outbreak, released a statement today praising the housing agencies for the suspensions.

#HUD FANNIE MAE FORECLOSURES MAC#

The FHFA earlier this month had announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would provide payment forbearance - allowing mortgage payments to be suspended for up to a year - to borrowers hit by the outbreak. “This is a first step people who were concerned about can cross that off their list for now.” “For the time being, it just hits the pause button and provides steadiness to the housing market,” Montgomery said in a phone interview. Montgomery said the FHA has a “robust set of tools” to deal with turmoil in the housing market in a crisis, noting they’ve suspended foreclosures and evictions before at a regional level in the wake of natural disasters like hurricanes. Italy suspended mortgage payments last week. HUD Deputy Secretary Brian Montgomery said he has not been in any discussions with the Trump administration about urging commercial lenders to suspend mortgage payments in the crisis. Out of a public health concern, he said, Fannie and Freddie would make sure people who were already behind on their mortgages aren’t evicted and put on the street in the middle of a pandemic. FHFA Director Mark Calabria said the foreclosure and eviction suspension will allow people “to stay in their homes during this national emergency,”įannie and Freddie “are working with mortgage servicers to ensure that borrowers facing hardship because of the coronavirus can get assistance,” Calabria said in a statement, adding that those borrowers should get in touch with their mortgage servicers as quickly as possible.Ĭalabria told economists on a conference call this afternoon that the agency is seeking to help both those borrowers affected by the virus and those who were struggling to make payments before the outbreak.

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