This information collection involves
mortgage loan servicers, mortgagees that service Federal Housing
Administration FHA insured mortgage loans and the home owners,
mortgagors who are involved with those activities. The
information collection request for OMB review seeks to combine the
requirements of several existing OMB collections under one
collection; they are as follows OMB collections 2502-0301, 0464 and
0523.
The Changes have been made to
the Loss Mitigation program HUD forms. Economic conditions over the
past few years have caused re-default rates on FHA-insured loans to
increase, which also caused increases in loss mitigation cases.
Since the private sector has tightened their lending requirements
on conventional loans, the FHA-insured mortgage loan portfolio has
grown from 5.2 million in 2009 to 7.7 in 2015, approximately a 48
percent increase. The FHA market is still increasing thus causing
an increased participation in FHA’s Loss Mitigation Program
$10,100
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Devawn Hamltion 202
402-2683
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.