On June 17, 2020, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) issued Mortgagee Letter 2020-19 (ML 2020-19). ML 2020-19 extends the foreclosure and eviction moratoriums originally issued in Mortgagee Letter 2020-04 and extended in Mortgagee Letter 2020-13 for borrowers with FHA-insured Single Family mortgages covered under the Coronavirus Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act for an additional period through August 31, 2020. ML 2020-19’s Single Family foreclosure and eviction moratorium extension applies to all FHA-insured Title II Single Family forward and Home Equity Conversion (reverse) mortgages, except for FHA-insured mortgages secured by vacant or abandoned properties, and continues to direct mortgage servicers to:
• Halt all new foreclosure actions and suspend all foreclosure actions currently in process, excluding legally vacant or abandoned properties; and
• Cease all evictions of persons from FHA-insured Single Family properties, excluding actions to evict occupants of legally vacant or abandoned properties.
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