Legal Alert

HUD Extends Date to Approve COVID-19 Forbearance and HECM Extension

by the Mortgage Banking Group
October 22, 2020

In Mortgagee Letter 2020-34, dated October 20, 2020, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) extended the date for approving an initial COVID-19 forbearance with an FHA loan, or a COVID-19 extension with a home equity conversation mortgage (HECM) loan (i.e., a reverse mortgage loan), from October 30, 2020 to December 31, 2020. 

The means of communication with borrowers regarding a COVID-19 forbearance, the terms of a COVID-19 forbearance, and the terms of a HECM extension remain the same as established in Mortgagee Letter 2020-06.


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