[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 19, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 48596-48601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22826]




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Part II





Department of Housing and Urban Development





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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner



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24 CFR Parts 251, 252, and 255



Conversion From Coinsurance to Full Insurance; Interim Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner

24 CFR Parts 251, 252, and 255

[Docket No. FR-3813-I-01]
RIN 2502-AG50


Conversion From Coinsurance to Full Insurance

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Interim rule.

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SUMMARY: HUD is amending its multifamily coinsurance regulations to 
provide coinsuring lenders with two new options in dealing with 
defaulted coinsured mortgages. Specifically, this interim rule permits 
coinsuring lender-issuers to request that HUD endorse certain defaulted 
mortgages for full insurance, without a GNMA takeover of the lender-
issuer's entire portfolio. Additionally, this interim rule allows 
coinsuring lenders to advance funds to cure mortgage delinquencies on a 
coinsured mortgage and to reduce principal on that mortgage to a level 
that restores the financial viability of the project.

DATES: Effective date: October 19, 1995.
    Sunset Provision: Sections 251.3, 251.4, 251.5, 252.3, 252.4, 
252.5, 255.3, 255.4, and 255.5 shall expire and shall not be in effect 
after April 21, 1997, unless prior to April 21, 1997, the Department 
publishes a final rule adopting the interim rule with or without 
changes, or publishes a notice in the Federal Register to extend the 
effective date of the interim rule.
    Comments due date: November 20, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this interim rule to the Office of the General Counsel, Rules Docket 
Clerk, Room 10276, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410-0500. Communications should 
refer to the above docket number and title. Facsimile (FAX) comments 
are not acceptable. A copy of each communication submitted will be 
available for public inspection and copying during regular business 
hours (7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time) at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gwen Chandler, Acting Deputy Director, 
Coinsurance Management Division, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410-0500, Room 
6176, telephone (202) 401-3272. Hearing or speech-impaired individuals 
may call HUD's TDD number (202) 708-4594 or 1-800-877-8339 (Federal 
Information Relay Service TDD). (Other than the ``800'' number, these 
telephone numbers are not toll free).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    On October 10, 1990 (55 FR 41312), a final rule was published 
terminating the authority of the FHA Commissioner to insure mortgage 
loans under the FHA multifamily coinsurance programs and revising 24 
CFR parts 251, 252 and 255. As a result of that final rule, parts 251, 
252 and 255 were each reduced to a single section dealing with the 
program phase-out process. A subsequent rulemaking added an additional 
section to each part revising the requirements concerning the 
Government National Mortgage Association's (GNMA) right to assignment. 
(See 55 FR 41319, October 10, 1990.) While they are no longer included 
in the Code of Federal Regulations, those regulations in effect before 
November 12, 1990 continue to govern the rights and obligations of 
mortgagors, coinsuring lenders and HUD under contracts of coinsurance 
entered into before the termination of the coinsurance programs.
    HUD is making two changes in the coinsurance regulations in 24 CFR 
parts 251, 252, and 255. These amendments are designed to reduce 
Government costs and to benefit coinsuring lenders by minimizing their 
risk of default under a GNMA guaranty agreement and encouraging the 
continued viability of housing financed with coinsured mortgages. These 
amendments are intended to apply to existing coinsured mortgages which 
are in default. Under 24 CFR 251.4, 252.4, and 255.4 (1990 and 
earlier), the FHA Commissioner may amend the regulations that 
constitute the contract of coinsurance, but the amendments may not 
adversely affect a lender under an existing contract of coinsurance. 
HUD believes that these amendments are mutually beneficial to HUD and 
the lenders. The amendments provide additional options for dealing with 
defaulted coinsured mortgages. Their use is at the option of the 
coinsuring lender, subject to HUD approval.
    The first change (see Secs. 251.3, 252.3, and 255.3) affects only 
coinsured mortgages that back securities guaranteed by GNMA. It permits 
a coinsuring lender, for mortgages meeting the rule's requirements, to 
request that HUD endorse the mortgage for full insurance. Under current 
regulations, the option to have a mortgage endorsed for full insurance 
is available only to GNMA after it has taken over all loans in a 
coinsuring lender-issuer's portfolio following the lender-issuer's 
default under the GNMA guaranty agreement. After GNMA has taken over 
such a portfolio, it may have all of the coinsured mortgages in the 
portfolio endorsed for full insurance. This interim rule permits a 
coinsuring lender-issuer to request that certain seriously defaulted 
coinsured mortgages be converted to full insurance, thereby minimizing 
the risk of a lender-issuer's default under the GNMA guaranty agreement 
and of a GNMA takeover of the lender-issuer's entire portfolio. HUD 
will impose a fee on the coinsuring lender that is intended to have the 
lender share an equitable portion of the cost of the mortgage loan 
default.
    The second amendment (see Secs. 251.4, 251.5, 252.4, 252.5, 255.4, 
and 255.5) would apply to all coinsuring lenders. It is intended to 
give coinsuring lenders additional flexibility in dealing with less 
serious defaults by providing a partial payment of claim mechanism that 
would enable the mortgagor and the lender to recast the coinsured 
mortgage so that it becomes a viable performing coinsured mortgage. The 
partial payment of claim procedure also benefits the government as it 
results in a current reinstated first mortgage, and prevents a full 
claim being made on the insurance fund. This option is modelled after 
the partial payment of claim procedure in HUD's Housing Finance Agency 
Risk-Sharing Program. (See 24 CFR part 266, in particular 
Sec. 266.630.)
    Under the partial payment of claim procedure, a coinsuring lender 
that meets the regulatory requirements and that receives HUD approval 
could cure the first mortgage interest delinquency on the coinsured 
mortgage and could reduce principal on that mortgage to a level that 
restores the financial viability of the project by accepting a note in 
that amount. The coinsuring lender must secure this note with a 
mortgage that is subordinate to the coinsured mortgage. HUD will make a 
partial payment of claim in an amount equal to 80 percent of the above 
amount. The lender must remit to HUD 80 percent of all amounts 
collected on the lender's junior mortgage.
    The junior mortgage is a second note and is similar to a surplus 
cash note. Surplus cash constitutes any amount of cash remaining on a 
monthly basis after payment of debt service on the first note, 
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maintenance and any other reasonable expenses required to be paid under 
the insured mortgage. Since the mortgage is considered to be soft and 
similar to a surplus cash note, HUD expects to be repaid from net cash 
produced by the project. However, if for any reason a project is unable 
to produce surplus cash (i.e. a downturn in the market), neither HUD, 
nor the lender, nor the owner will receive disbursements from the 
project. There is no commitment between HUD and the lender for 
repayment on the junior mortgage.
    Where the mortgage that is a candidate for the partial payment 
procedure is backing a GNMA guaranteed mortgage-backed security, the 
mortgagee should understand clearly that, while GNMA does not object to 
a partial payment arrangement, GNMA procedures require (1) that the 
full amount of the partial claim payment be passed through to security 
holders and (2) that subsequent monthly payments to security holders 
must include: (a) The scheduled principal due on the mortgage based on 
the fixed monthly payment specified in the loan prior to any 
modification resulting from the partial payment of claim arrangement 
and (b) interest at the security rate on the unpaid pool principal 
balance. Mortgagees who agree to a recasting of the mortgage which 
reduces the mortgagor's monthly payment must therefore, make up, from 
the mortgagee's own funds, the difference between the amount paid by 
the mortgagor and the amount due to the security holders, until the 
security holders have received all principal and interest due under the 
terms of the security. Alternatively, simultaneous with the partial 
payment of claim transaction for a loan more than 90 days in default, 
the existing pool may be terminated and a new GNMA security issued and 
marketed in the amount of the reduced first mortgage.

II. Justification for Interim Rulemaking

    It is HUD's policy to publish rules for public comment before their 
issuance for effect, in accordance with its own regulations on 
rulemaking found at 24 CFR part 10. However, part 10 provides that 
prior public procedure will be omitted if HUD determines that it is 
``impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.'' (24 
CFR 10.1). HUD finds that in this case prior comment is contrary to the 
public interest, since immediate implementation of this interim rule 
will benefit the public. Specifically, this interim rule allows 
coinsuring lender-issuers to minimize their risk of default under a 
GNMA guaranty agreement by requesting the conversion of certain 
mortgages to full insurance. This interim rule also permits coinsuring 
lenders to restore the financial viability of projects by advancing 
funds to cure mortgage delinquencies. Although HUD believes issuing 
this interim rule for immediate effect will benefit the public, HUD 
welcomes public comment. All comments will be considered in the 
development of the final rule.
    HUD has adopted a policy of setting an expiration date for an 
interim rule unless a final rule is published before that date. These 
``sunset'' provisions appear in Secs. 251.3(c), 251.4(e), 251.5(b), 
252.3(c), 252.4(e), 252.5(b), 255.3(c), 255.4(e), and 255.5(b), and 
provide that the amendments made to 24 CFR parts 251, 252, and 255 by 
this interim rule will expire on a date 18 months from their effective 
date.

III. Regulatory Reinvention

    Consistent with Executive Order 12866, and President Clinton's 
memorandum of March 4, 1995 to all Federal Departments and Agencies on 
the subject of Regulatory Reinvention, the Department is reviewing all 
its regulations to determine whether certain regulations can be 
eliminated, streamlined or consolidated with other regulations. As part 
of this review, this interim rule, at the final rule stage, may undergo 
revisions in accordance with the President's regulatory reform 
initiatives. In addition to comments on the substance of these 
regulations, the Department welcomes comments on how this interim rule 
may be made more understandable and less burdensome.

IV. Other Matters

A. Environmental Impact

    A Finding of No Significant Impact with respect to the environment 
has been made in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 50, 
which implements section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (NEPA). This Finding of No Significant Impact is available 
for public inspection between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. weekdays in the 
Office of the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of the General Counsel, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 10276, 451 Seventh 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410-0500.

B. Executive Order 12612, Federalism

    The General Counsel, as the Designated Official under section 6(a) 
of Executive Order 12612, Federalism, has determined that the policies 
contained in this interim rule will not have substantial direct effects 
on States or their political subdivisions, or the relationship between 
the Federal government and the States, or on the distribution of power 
and responsibilities among the various levels of government. 
Specifically, the requirements of this interim rule are directed toward 
participants in the FHA multifamily coinsurance program. It effects no 
changes in the current relationships between the Federal government, 
the States and their political subdivisions in connection with this 
program.

C. Executive Order 12606, the Family

    The General Counsel, as the Designated Official under Executive 
Order 12606, The Family, has determined that this interim rule does not 
have potential for significant impact on family formation, maintenance, 
and general well-being, and, thus, is not subject to review under the 
order. The interim rule merely amends the regulations governing HUD's 
multifamily coinsurance program. No significant change in existing HUD 
policies or programs will result from promulgation of this interim 
rule, as those policies and programs relate to family concerns.

D. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Secretary, in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 
U.S.C. 605(b)) has reviewed and approved this interim rule, and in so 
doing certifies that this interim rule will not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. There are no 
anticompetitive discriminatory aspects of the interim rule with regard 
to small entities and there are not any unusual procedures that would 
need to be complied with by small entities.

E. Executive Order 12866

    This interim rule was reviewed by the Office of Management and 
Budget under Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review. Any 
changes made to the interim rule as a result of that review are clearly 
identified in the docket file, which is available for public inspection 
in the office of the Department's Rules Docket Clerk, Room 10276, 451 
Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410-0500.

List of Subjects

24 CFR Part 251

    Low and moderate income housing, Mortgage insurance, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements. 

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24 CFR Part 252

    Health facilities, Loan programs--health, Loan programs--housing 
and community development, Mortgage insurance, Nursing homes, Reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements.

24 CFR Part 255

    Low and moderate income housing, Mortgage insurance, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Accordingly, 24 CFR parts 251, 252, and 255 are amended as follows:

PART 251--COINSURANCE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR SUBSTANTIAL 
REHABILITATION OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS

    1. The authority citation for 24 CFR part 251 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1715b, 1715z-9; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

    2. Sections 251.3, 251.4 and 251.5 are added to read as follows:


Sec. 251.3  Case-by-case conversion to full insurance.

    (a) Upon the request of a coinsuring lender, the Commissioner may 
endorse a coinsured Mortgage for full insurance effective as of date of 
such endorsement, if the Commissioner is satisfied that:
    (1) The Mortgage backs securities guaranteed by GNMA;
    (2) Continuing the Mortgage under coinsurance could jeopardize the 
lender's viability and ability to service its remaining portfolio of 
coinsured Mortgages;
    (3) The lender has made reasonable efforts to work out any Mortgage 
default consistent under applicable regulations in effect prior to 
November 12, 1990, but the remedies available to the lender have not 
been adequate to reinstate the Mortgage;
    (4) The conversion would be less costly to the Department than if 
the Mortgage remained coinsured; and
    (5) The lender agrees to pay HUD a fee in an amount equal to 5 
dollars for every 1,000 dollars of the unpaid principal balance.
    (i) Lenders submitting a claim for the full insured mortgage amount 
following the Commissioner's endorsement of the mortgage will pay HUD a 
fee in an amount equal to 10 percent of the outstanding principal 
balance on the mortgage. This fee is in addition to the one set forth 
in paragraph (a)(5) of this section.
    (ii) Lenders submitting a claim for partial payment following the 
Commissioner's endorsement of the Mortgage will pay HUD a fee in an 
amount equal to 10 percent of the reduction in the unpaid principal 
balance resulting from the partial payment. This fee is in addition to 
the one set forth in paragraph (a)(5) of this section.
    (iii) HUD will credit all advances made by the lender on the 
project's behalf against the fees set forth in paragraphs (a)(5) (i) 
and (ii) of this section. For the purposes of this section, advances 
made on the project's behalf are defined as those amounts included 
under applicable regulations in effect prior to November 12, 1990. 
However, the credit for legal fees may not exceed 30 percent of the 
total credit which the lender will offset against the fee established 
in paragraphs (a)(5) (i) and (ii) of this section.
    (b) After endorsement of the Mortgage by the Commissioner, any 
future insurance claim or any assignment of the fully insured Mortgage 
shall be governed by 24 CFR part 221, except that any payment will be 
made in cash instead of debentures.
    (c) Section 251.3 shall expire and shall not be in effect after 
April 21, 1997, unless prior to April 21, 1997, the Department 
publishes a final rule adopting the interim rule with or without 
changes, or publishes a notice in the Federal Register to extend the 
effective date of the interim rule.


Sec. 251.4  Partial payment of claim.

    (a) General. As an alternative to filing a notice of election to 
acquire the property under applicable regulations in effect prior to 
November 12, 1990 or appplicable earlier provision, a lender may file a 
claim for partial payment. Upon receipt of such a claim, the 
Commissioner may make a partial payment of claim in accordance with the 
requirements of this section.
    (b) Lender submission. The lender must provide the following 
information with its application for a partial claim payment:
    (1) The amount by which the lender will reduce the principal on the 
coinsured Mortgage and the amount of delinquent interest on the 
coinsured Mortgage that the lender will defer based on the anticipated 
closing date; and
    (2) A certification that:
    (i) The amount of the principal reduction of the insured Mortgage 
does not exceed 50 percent of the unpaid principal balance;
    (ii) The relief resulting from the partial claim payment, when 
considered with other resources available to the project, is sufficient 
to restore the financial viability of the project;
    (iii) The project is or can be made (at reasonable cost) 
structurally sound;
    (iv) The management of the property is satisfactory; and
    (v) The default under the coinsured Mortgage was beyond the control 
of the mortgagor.
    (c) Claim processing--(1) Acceptable application. If the lender's 
submission satisfies the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section 
and is acceptable to the Commissioner, the Commissioner shall notify 
the lender to proceed to closing on its junior mortgage authorized by 
paragraph (d)(3) of this section. When the junior mortgage is closed, 
the lender shall notify the Commissioner, in a form and manner 
prescribed in administrative instructions. Upon receipt of notice from 
the lender, the Commissioner shall make the partial claim payment.
    (2) Unacceptable application. If the application is unacceptable, 
the Commissioner shall either advise the lender of the information 
needed to make the application acceptable or shall advise the lender 
that by a date specified it must institute action to foreclose the 
Mortgage or acquire title to the Mortgaged property through deed-in-
lieu of foreclosure.
    (d) Requirements--(1) One partial claim payment. Only one partial 
claim payment may be made on a mortgage coinsured under this part.
    (2) Partial claim payment amount. The amount of the partial claim 
payment is equal to 80 percent of the amount of relief provided by the 
lender in the form of a reduction in principal and a deferral of 
delinquent interest on the coinsured Mortgage.
    (3) Lender junior mortgage. Repayment of the relief provided by the 
lender must be secured by a mortgage to the lender, junior to the 
remaining coinsured Mortgage. This junior mortgage may provide for 
postponed amortization and may not be assigned by the lender. This 
junior mortgage is not coinsured under this part and may not be insured 
under any other HUD-related insurance program.
    (4) Partial claim repayment by owner to HUD. The owner must remit 
to HUD 80 percent of all amounts due under the junior mortgage. 
Payments made after the 15th of the month must include a 5 percent late 
charge plus accrued interest at the debenture rate in effect as of the 
date of the firm commitment or initial endorsement of the coinsured 
mortgage, whichever rate is higher.
    (5) Partial claim repayment by owner to lender. The owner must 
remit all amounts due for repayment of the relief provided by the 
lender's junior mortgage to the lender.
    (6) Certified statements of amounts collected. As long as the 
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remains of record, the lender must submit to the Commissioner a 
quarterly certified statement of the amounts collected by the lender. 
The lender must submit a final certified statement within 30 days after 
the junior mortgage is paid in full, foreclosed, or otherwise 
terminated.
    (e) Section 251.4 shall expire and shall not be in effect after 
April 21, 1997, unless prior to April 21, 1997, the Department 
publishes a final rule adopting the interim rule with or without 
changes, or publishes a notice in the Federal Register to extend the 
effective date of the interim rule.


Sec. 251.5  Mortgage insurance premiums after a partial claim payment.

    (a) After a partial claim payment is made, mortgage insurance 
premiums shall continue to be calculated as if there had been no 
partial claim payment. HUD will bill the lender on the .05 percent 
portion of the mortgage insurance premium.
    (b) Section 251.5 shall expire and shall not be in effect after 
April 21, 1997, unless prior to April 21, 1997, the Department 
publishes a final rule adopting the interim rule with or without 
changes, or publishes a notice in the Federal Register to extend the 
effective date of the interim rule.

PART 252--COINSURANCE OF MORTGAGES COVERING NURSING HOMES, 
INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES, AND BOARD AND CARE HOMES

    3. The authority citation for 24 CFR part 252 continues to read as 
follows:


    Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1715b, 1715z-9; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

    4. Sections 252.3, 252.4 and 252.5 are added to read as follows:


Sec. 252.3  Case-by-case conversion to full insurance.

    (a) Upon the request of a coinsuring lender, the Commissioner may 
endorse a coinsured Mortgage for full insurance effective as of date of 
such endorsement, if the Commissioner is satisfied that:
    (1) The Mortgage backs securities guaranteed by GNMA;
    (2) Continuing the Mortgage under coinsurance could jeopardize the 
lender's viability and ability to service its remaining portfolio of 
coinsured Mortgages;
    (3) The lender has made reasonable efforts to work out any Mortgage 
default consistent with applicable regulations in effect prior to 
November 12, 1990, but the remedies available to the lender have not 
been adequate to reinstate the Mortgage;
    (4) The conversion would be less costly to the Department than if 
the Mortgage remained coinsured; and
    (5) The lender agrees to pay HUD a fee in an amount equal to 5 
dollars for every 1,000 dollars of the unpaid principal balance.
    (i) Lenders submitting a claim for the full insured mortgage amount 
following the Commissioner's endorsement of the mortgage will pay HUD a 
fee in an amount equal to 10 percent of the outstanding principal 
balance on the mortgage. This fee is in addition to the one set forth 
in paragraph (a)(5) of this section.
    (ii) Lenders submitting a claim for partial payment following the 
Commissioner's endorsement of the Mortgage will pay HUD a fee in an 
amount equal to 10 percent of the reduction in the unpaid principal 
balance resulting from the partial payment. This fee is in addition to 
the one set forth in paragraph (a)(5) of this section.
    (iii) HUD will credit all advances made by the lender on the 
project's behalf against the fees set forth in paragraphs (a)(5) (i) 
and (ii) of this section. For the purposes of this section, advances 
made on the project's behalf are defined as those amounts included 
under applicable regulations in effect prior to November 12, 1990. 
However, the credit for legal fees may not exceed 30 percent of the 
total credit which the lender will offset against the fees established 
in paragraphs (a)(5) (i) and (ii) of this section.
    (b) After endorsement of the Mortgage by the Commissioner, any 
future insurance claim or any assignment of the fully insured Mortgage 
shall be governed by 24 CFR part 221, except that any payment will be 
made in cash instead of debentures.
    (c) Section 252.1 shall expire and shall not be in effect after 
April 21, 1997, unless prior to April 21, 1997, the Department 
publishes a final rule adopting the interim rule with or without 
changes, or publishes a notice in the Federal Register to extend the 
effective date of the interim rule.


Sec. 252.4  Partial payment of claim.

    (a) General. As an alternative to filing a notice of election to 
acquire the property under applicable regulations in effect prior to 
November 12, 1990 or applicable earlier provision, a lender may file a 
claim for partial payment. Upon receipt of such a claim, the 
Commissioner may make a partial payment of claim in accordance with the 
requirements of this section.
    (b) Lender submission. The lender must provide the following 
information with its application for a partial claim payment:
    (1) The amount by which the lender will reduce the principal on the 
coinsured Mortgage and the amount of delinquent interest on the 
coinsured Mortgage that the lender will defer based on the anticipated 
closing date; and
    (2) A certification that:
    (i) The amount of the principal reduction of the insured Mortgage 
does not exceed 50 percent of the unpaid principal balance;
    (ii) The relief resulting from the partial claim payment, when 
considered with other resources available to the project, is sufficient 
to restore the financial viability of the project;
    (iii) The project is or can be made (at reasonable cost) 
structurally sound;
    (iv) The management of the property is satisfactory; and
    (v) The default under the coinsured Mortgage was beyond the control 
of the mortgagor.
    (c) Claim processing--(1) Acceptable application. If the lender's 
submission satisfies the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section 
and is acceptable to the Commissioner, the Commissioner shall notify 
the lender to proceed to closing on its junior mortgage authorized by 
paragraph (d)(3) of this section. When the junior mortgage is closed, 
the lender shall notify the Commissioner, in a form and manner 
prescribed in administrative instructions. Upon receipt of notice from 
the lender, the Commissioner shall make the partial claim payment.
    (2) Unacceptable application. If the application is unacceptable, 
the Commissioner shall either advise the lender of the information 
needed to make the application acceptable or shall advise the lender 
that by a date specified it must institute action to foreclose the 
Mortgage or acquire title to the Mortgaged property through deed-in-
lieu of foreclosure.
    (d) Requirements--(1) One partial claim payment. Only one partial 
claim payment may be made on a mortgage coinsured under this part.
    (2) Partial claim payment amount. The amount of the partial claim 
payment is equal to 80 percent of the amount of relief provided by the 
lender in the form of a reduction in principal and a deferral of 
delinquent interest on the coinsured Mortgage.
    (3) Lender junior mortgage. Repayment of the relief provided by the 
lender must be secured by a mortgage to the lender, junior to the 
remaining coinsured Mortgage. This junior mortgage may provide for 
postponed amortization and may not be assigned 

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by the lender. This junior mortgage is not coinsured under this part 
and may not be insured under any other HUD-related insurance program.
    (4) Partial claim repayment by owner to HUD. The owner must remit 
to HUD 80 percent of all amounts due under the junior mortgage. 
Payments made after the 15th day must include a 5 percent late charge 
plus accrued interest at the debenture rate in effect as of the date of 
the firm commitment or initial endorsement of the coinsured mortgage, 
whichever rate is higher.
    (5) Partial claim repayment by owner to lender. The owner must 
remit all amounts due for repayment of the relief provided by the 
lender's junior mortgage to the lender.
    (6) Certified statements of amounts collected. As long as the 
junior mortgage remains of record, the lender must submit to the 
Commissioner a quarterly certified statement of the amounts collected 
by the lender. The lender must submit a final certified statement 
within 30 days after the junior mortgage is paid in full, foreclosed, 
or otherwise terminated.
    (e) Section 252.4 shall expire and shall not be in effect after 
April 21, 1997, unless prior to April 21, 1997, the Department 
publishes a final rule adopting the interim rule with or without 
changes, or publishes a notice in the Federal Register to extend the 
effective date of the interim rule.


Sec. 252.5  Mortgage insurance premiums after a partial claim payment.

    (a) After a partial claim payment is made, mortgage insurance 
premiums shall continue to be calculated as if there had been no 
partial claim payment. HUD will bill the lender on the .05 percent 
portion of the mortgage insurance premium.
    (b) Section 252.5 shall expire and shall not be in effect after 
April 21, 1997, unless prior to April 21, 1997, the Department 
publishes a final rule adopting the interim rule with or without 
changes, or publishes a notice in the Federal Register to extend the 
effective date of the interim rule.

PART 255--COINSURANCE FOR THE PURCHASE OR REFINANCING OF EXISTING 
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS

    5. The authority citation for 24 CFR part 255 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1715b, 1715z-9; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

    6. Sections 255.3, 255.4 and 255.5 are added to read as follows:


Sec. 255.3  Case-by-case conversion to full insurance.

    (a) Upon the request of a coinsuring lender, the Commissioner may 
endorse a coinsured Mortgage for full insurance effective as of date of 
such endorsement, if the Commissioner is satisfied that:
    (1) The Mortgage backs securities guaranteed by GNMA;
    (2) Continuing the Mortgage under coinsurance could jeopardize the 
lender's viability and ability to service its remaining portfolio of 
coinsured Mortgages;
    (3) The lender has made reasonable efforts to work out any Mortgage 
default consistent with applicable regulations in effect prior to 
November 12, 1990, but the remedies available to the lender have not 
been adequate to reinstate the Mortgage;
    (4) The conversion would be less costly to the Department than if 
the Mortgage remained coinsured; and
    (5) The lender agrees to pay HUD a fee in an amount equal to 5 
dollars for every 1,000 dollars of the unpaid principal balance.
    (i) Lenders submitting a claim for the full insured mortgage amount 
following the Commissioner's endorsement of the mortgage will pay HUD a 
fee in an amount equal to 10 percent of the outstanding principal 
balance on the mortgage. This fee is in addition to the one set forth 
in paragraph (a)(5) of this section.
    (ii) Lenders submitting a claim for partial payment following the 
Commissioner's endorsement of the Mortgage will pay HUD a fee in an 
amount equal to 10 percent of the reduction in the unpaid principal 
balance resulting from the partial payment. This fee is in addition to 
the one set forth in paragraph (a)(5) of this section.
    (iii) HUD will credit all advances made by the lender on the 
project's behalf against the fees set forth in paragraphs (a)(5) (i) 
and (ii) of this section. For the purposes of this section, advances 
made on the project's behalf are defined as those amounts included in 
applicable regulations in effect prior to November 12, 1990. However, 
the credit for legal fees may not exceed 30 percent of the total credit 
which the lender will offset against the fees established in paragraphs 
(a)(5) (i) and (ii) of this section.
    (b) After endorsement of the Mortgage by the Commissioner, any 
future insurance claim or any assignment of the fully insured Mortgage 
shall be governed by 24 CFR part 207, except that any payment will be 
made in cash instead of debentures.
    (c) Section 255.3 shall expire and shall not be in effect after 
April 21, 1997, unless prior to April 21, 1997, the Department 
publishes a final rule adopting the interim rule with or without 
changes, or publishes a notice in the Federal Register to extend the 
effective date of the interim rule.


Sec. 255.4  Partial payment of claim.

    (a) General. As an alternative to filing a notice of election to 
acquire the property under applicable regulations in effect prior to 
November 12, 1990 or applicable earlier provision, a lender may file a 
claim for partial payment. Upon receipt of such a claim, the 
Commissioner may make a partial payment of claim in accordance with the 
requirements of this section.
    (b) Lender submission. The lender must provide the following 
information with its application for a partial claim payment:
    (1) The amount by which the lender will reduce the principal on the 
coinsured Mortgage and the amount of delinquent interest on the 
coinsured Mortgage that the lender will defer based on the anticipated 
closing date; and
    (2) A certification that:
    (i) The amount of the principal reduction of the insured Mortgage 
does not exceed 50 percent of the unpaid principal balance;
    (ii) The relief resulting from the partial claim payment, when 
considered with other resources available to the project, is sufficient 
to restore the financial viability of the project;
    (iii) The project is or can be made (at reasonable cost) 
structurally sound;
    (iv) The management of the property is satisfactory; and
    (v) The default under the coinsured Mortgage was beyond the control 
of the mortgagor.
    (c) Claim processing--(1) Acceptable application. If the lender's 
submission satisfies the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section 
and is acceptable to the Commissioner, the Commissioner shall notify 
the lender to proceed to closing on its junior mortgage authorized by 
paragraph (d)(3) of this section. When the junior mortgage is closed, 
the lender shall notify the Commissioner, in a form and manner 
prescribed in administrative instructions. Upon receipt of notice from 
the lender, the Commissioner shall make the partial claim payment.
    (2) Unacceptable application. If the application is unacceptable, 
the Commissioner shall either advise the lender of the information 
needed to make the application acceptable or shall advise the lender 
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specified it must institute action to foreclose the Mortgage or acquire 
title to the Mortgaged property through deed-in-lieu of foreclosure.
    (d) Requirements--(1) One partial claim payment. Only one partial 
claim payment may be made on a mortgage coinsured under this part.
    (2) Partial claim payment amount. The amount of the partial claim 
payment is equal to 80 percent of the amount of relief provided by the 
lender in the form of a reduction in principal and a deferral of 
delinquent interest on the coinsured Mortgage.
    (3) Lender junior mortgage. Repayment of the relief provided by the 
lender must be secured by a mortgage to the lender, junior to the 
remaining coinsured Mortgage. This junior mortgage may provide for 
postponed amortization and may not be assigned by the lender. This 
junior mortgage is not coinsured under this part and may not be insured 
under any other HUD-related insurance program.
    (4) Partial claim repayment by owner to HUD. The owner must remit 
to HUD 80 percent of all amounts due under the junior mortgage. 
Payments made after the 15th day must include a 5 percent late charge 
plus accrued interest at the debenture rate in effect as of the date of 
the firm commitment or initial endorsement of the coinsured mortgage, 
whichever rate is higher.
    (5) Partial claim repayment by owner to lender. The owner must 
remit all amounts due for repayment of the relief provided by the 
lender's junior mortgage to the lender.
    (6) Certified statements of amounts collected. As long as the 
junior mortgage remains of record, the lender must submit to the 
Commissioner a quarterly certified statement of the amounts collected 
by the lender. The lender must submit a final certified statement 
within 30 days after the junior mortgage is paid in full, foreclosed, 
or otherwise terminated.
    (e) Section 255.4 shall expire and shall not be in effect after 
April 21, 1997, unless prior to April 21, 1997, the Department 
publishes a final rule adopting the interim rule with or without 
changes, or publishes a notice in the Federal Register to extend the 
effective date of the interim rule.


Sec. 255.5  Mortgage insurance premiums after a partial claim payment.

    (a) After a partial claim payment is made, mortgage insurance 
premiums shall continue to be calculated as if there had been no 
partial claim payment. HUD will bill the lender on the .05 percent 
portion of the mortgage coinsurance premium.
    (b) Section 255.5 shall expire and shall not be in effect after 
April 21, 1997, unless prior to April 21, 1997, the Department 
publishes a final rule adopting the interim rule with or without 
changes, or publishes a notice in the Federal Register to extend the 
effective date of the interim rule.

    Dated: May 31, 1995.
Nicolas P. Retsinas,
 Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 95-22826 Filed 9-18-95; 8:45 am]
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