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Making Home Affordable

Program Performance Report Third Quarter 2017

PROGRAM PERFORMANCE REPORT
THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2017

Making Home Affordable

Program Performance Report Third Quarter 2017

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•
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The MHA Program closed to new applicants on December 31, 2016. As set forth in program guidelines, MHA servicers were required to evaluate applications submitted
by the deadline and offer modifications to eligible applicants. Servicers were required to design policies and procedures to reasonably ensure that all MHA transactions
were completed by December 1, 2017.
Although the MHA Program is now closed, servicers will continue to perform certain functions. This includes, for example, receiving and disbursing financial incentive
payments, processing interest rate step-ups, and reporting MHA data to Treasury’s system of record.
Treasury will continue to monitor these remaining activities, and publish relevant data about MHA on www.financialstability.gov. The content and format of such data is
being revised to reflect the wind-down of MHA. See Appendix (page 10) for more details.

More than 2.9 million homeowner assistance actions1 have taken place under MHA programs.
HAMP Activity
All Trials Started

Trial
Modifications

2,536,766

Tier 1
Tier 2

Median monthly housing payment savings
on HAMP Mods3

Streamline HAMP
All Permanent Modifications Started

1,732,490

Tier 1

1,472,347

Tier 2

216,889

Streamline HAMP
Active Permanent Modifications

43,254
908,972

Other MHA Program Activity

$3.7 billion

Cumulative homeowner debt relief through
HAFA (non-GSE loans)

3,107

$24.5 billion

Cumulative principal balance extinguished
under 2MP

60,108

$53.2 billion

Cumulative principal balance reduced on
HAMP mods

237,295

$466.08

Estimated cumulative payment savings on
HAMP mods

2,239,363

Active Trials

Permanent
Modifications

Program Results

$30.3 billion

For more information about Treasury’s housing programs, please visit:
http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/financial-stability/TARP-Programs/housing/Pages/default.aspx.
1

Program-to-Date
FHA and RD-HAMP Permanent Modifications Started

141,510

2MP Modifications Started

166,057

HAFA Transactions Completed1

472,904

UP Forbearance Plans Started2

46,485

Program Total Includes: Government Sponsored Enterprise (GSE) and Non-GSE HAMP permanent
modifications; Treasury FHA- and RD-HAMP modifications; and GSE Standard Modifications since
October 2011 under the GSEs’ Servicer Alignment Initiative as reported by the GSEs to Treasury. HAFA
Transactions Completed in the ‘Other MHA Program Activity’ table includes both GSE and Non-GSE HAFA
transactions completed, including those completed by the GSEs since the GSEs jointly streamlined their
short sale and deed-in-lieu of foreclosure programs in November 2012. The GSE Standard HAFA program
is closely aligned with Treasury’s MHA HAFA program. For details on all GSE programs, visit
http://www.FHFA.gov/.
2

The Unemployment Program total reflects activity through the program end date of 12/30/2016 as
reported by servicers in the final monthly program survey.
3

Excludes the impact of any interest rate increases.

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Program Performance Report Third Quarter 2017

HAMP Tier 1 Interest Rate Increases
• Approximately 80% of HAMP Tier 1 homeowners will experience an interest rate increase after five years.
o The median amount of the first monthly payment increase is $93, and the median monthly payment increase after the final interest rate increase is $207.
• Through September 2017, more than 530,000 homeowners have experienced one interest rate step-up, approximately 394,000 have experienced a second rate step-up,
and about 209,000 have experienced a third rate step-up.
o Based on reported data, the rate increase does not appear to have an impact on the performance of these modifications. The percentage of modifications
disqualifying in the month following the reset remains consistent with the months leading up to the reset, at less than or equal to 1%.
• To help mitigate the impact of interest rate step-ups, servicers can offer borrowers the opportunity to recast their HAMP modifications upon reaching their sixth-year
anniversary. To date, approximately 61,900 loans have been recast, 90% of which experienced an interest rate step-up. Monthly payments for recast loans have been
reduced by a median of $56.

Number of Interest Rate Increases by Year1
500,000
450,000
Number of Loans

400,000
350,000
300,000
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
2014

2015

2016

First Increase

1

As of September 2017. Assumes no future re-defaults of HAMP Tier 1 modifications.

2017

2018

Second Increase

2019

2020

Third Increase

2021

2022

2023

2024

Fourth Increase

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Performance of HAMP Permanent Modifications
The tables below show the performance of HAMP permanent modifications at various seasoning points for those modifications that have aged to, or past, the number of
months noted. Note that far fewer loans have reached these seasoning points for HAMP Tier 2, which was introduced in 2012.

% of Disqualified Modifications:1
2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Q1 2017

Q2 2017

Q3 2017

All

2.1%

1.7%

1.2%

1.0%

0.8%

1.2%

1.3%

1.3%

1.2%

1.4%

1.3%

1.3%

6

6.7%

6.8%

5.3%

4.3%

3.8%

4.7%

5.3%

5.6%

4.6%

6.2%

12

16.3%

15.6%

12.7%

10.3%

9.5%

10.6%

11.8%

12.8%

13.1%

18

22.9%

22.7%

18.9%

15.3%

14.0%

15.3%

17.0%

18.2%

19.2%

24

28.8%

28.1%

23.8%

19.1%

17.3%

18.8%

20.8%

23.9%

30

33.3%

32.7%

27.3%

22.1%

19.9%

21.7%

23.4%

27.7%

36

37.6%

36.6%

30.1%

24.6%

22.1%

24.3%

31.1%

42

41.1%

39.4%

32.5%

26.7%

24.2%

26.1%

33.8%

48

43.6%

41.7%

34.7%

28.6%

26.4%

36.4%

54

46.0%

43.6%

36.5%

30.5%

28.7%

38.9%

60

HAMP Tier 1

# Months
Post
Modification
3

47.9%

45.6%

38.5%

32.9%

5.5%

41.7%

1.3%

1.9%

1.7%

1.8%

1.7%

1.4%

1.5%

6

5.4%

7.8%

7.1%

7.9%

7.5%

6.5%

7.6%

12

17.4%

17.3%

16.2%

17.6%

17.5%

17.2%

18

23.2%

24.5%

22.6%

24.7%

24.5%

24.0%

24

28.7%

29.0%

27.6%

30.0%

28.9%

30

32.1%

32.4%

31.6%

34.0%

32.3%

36

34.6%

34.9%

34.8%

34.9%

42

37.7%

38.0%

38.3%

38.1%

48

HAMP Tier 2

3

39.8%

41.2%

Servicers did not submit 11.0% of the total required OMRs for loans aged up to 60 months in the current reporting period. Several factors, including Federally Declared Disaster
designations, contributed to the larger than normal number of missing reports. In addition, reported loan counts may shift from prior reports due to servicer data corrections. For
example, if it was assumed that all unreported OMRs reflect either a current payment status or the maximum number of missed payments based on the most recently submitted OMR, the
re-default rate for Tier 1 permanent modifications that have aged 60 months may range between 41.3% and 41.4%.

2.3%

1.7%
7.5%

41.2%

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Incremental Performance of HAMP Modifications Over Time

3-Month Re-default Rate

The longer homeowners remain in HAMP without defaulting, the less likely they are to default on their mortgage in the future. For example, the percent of loans active in
month 12 that disqualified by month 15 is lower than the percent of loans active in month 6 that disqualified by month 9. These rates assume no future re-defaults.

Conditional Re-default Rate for Tier 1 and Tier 2 Modifications by Modification Year (% of Active Loans)

7%
6%
5%
4%
3%
2%
1%
0%
6

9

12

15

18
2009

21

24
2010

27
30
33
36
39
42
Months After Conversion to Permanent Modification
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

45

48

51

54

57

60

2016

Homeowners with Disqualified HAMP Permanent Modifications or Those Who Did Not Receive a HAMP Modification1
The majority of homeowners who disqualify from a HAMP permanent modification receive an alternative to foreclosure or resolve their delinquency. In addition, while not
all homeowners qualified for HAMP, many have found alternative solutions to their delinquency.

Homeowners with Disqualified HAMP Permanent Modifications

Homeowners Who Did Not Receive a HAMP Modification
2% 1%

3%

6%

Action Pending

20%

22%

Action Not Allowed – Bankruptcy in Process
19%

5%

Borrower Current/Loan Pay off
Alternative Modification/ Payment Plan
Short Sale / Deed-in-Lieu
Foreclosure Starts

14%

Foreclosure Completions

1%

37%
14%
21%

33%

Survey data from large servicers. Data is for actions completed through the end of the reporting period and reflects the status of homeowners as of that date; a homeowner's status
may change over time. Survey data is not subject to the same data quality checks as data uploaded into the HAMP system of record. Excludes cancellations and disqualifications pending
data corrections and loans otherwise removed from servicing portfolios.

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Performance of HAMP Modifications by Vintage
HAMP Tier 1
Delinquency: Months After Conversion to Permanent Modification
3

6

12

18

24

Mod. Effective
in:

#

60+ Days

90+ Days

#

60+ Days

90+ Days

#

60+ Days

90+ Days

#

60+ Days

90+ Days

#

60+ Days

90+ Days

2009Q3

3,565

10.7%

4.5%

4,386

15.8%

10.6%

4,585

25.8%

21.2%

4,919

32.2%

28.9%

5,020

36.8%

33.5%

2009Q4

43,336

5.7%

1.9%

47,133

10.2%

6.3%

50,984

20.4%

15.9%

54,155

25.5%

22.4%

55,101

31.6%

28.4%

2010Q1

123,494

4.3%

1.5%

149,705

10.4%

6.1%

160,499

20.4%

16.1%

165,508

26.0%

22.5%

167,329

31.9%

28.8%

2010Q2

147,040

5.3%

1.8%

156,650

12.3%

7.5%

172,951

19.6%

16.1%

170,181

27.8%

24.1%

178,313

31.1%

28.7%

2010Q3

85,925

5.1%

1.9%

95,584

11.1%

7.1%

103,859

18.3%

14.5%

105,822

25.3%

21.9%

105,867

29.5%

26.8%

2010Q4

57,823

4.6%

1.8%

62,275

8.9%

5.7%

64,901

18.4%

14.5%

66,432

24.0%

21.1%

66,200

29.6%

26.5%

2011Q1

70,572

2.9%

1.0%

75,538

8.3%

5.1%

79,250

17.1%

13.6%

80,835

22.3%

19.2%

80,506

27.6%

24.9%

2011Q2

79,592

3.7%

1.3%

88,847

9.4%

5.8%

92,353

16.2%

13.2%

91,652

23.1%

20.1%

91,259

27.3%

25.1%

2011Q3

80,623

3.7%

1.3%

85,680

8.8%

5.6%

86,668

15.5%

12.3%

86,431

21.8%

18.9%

84,910

25.8%

23.4%

2011Q4

64,722

3.4%

1.2%

67,235

6.9%

4.4%

67,588

14.7%

11.4%

67,751

19.3%

16.8%

67,466

23.4%

21.0%

2012Q1

49,171

2.5%

0.8%

50,605

6.7%

4.0%

50,638

14.1%

10.9%

50,031

18.5%

15.8%

50,536

22.5%

20.0%

2012Q2

43,824

3.0%

1.0%

44,802

7.7%

4.6%

45,075

13.6%

10.9%

44,572

18.9%

16.1%

44,775

22.1%

20.0%

2012Q3

47,129

3.1%

1.0%

48,819

7.4%

4.6%

49,543

13.0%

10.0%

50,042

17.9%

15.1%

50,293

20.9%

18.5%

2012Q4

39,176

3.2%

1.0%

41,095

6.3%

3.9%

42,307

12.3%

9.4%

42,554

16.3%

14.0%

42,682

19.9%

17.6%

2013Q1

39,142

2.2%

0.7%

40,796

6.0%

3.5%

41,918

12.6%

9.6%

42,285

16.6%

13.9%

42,068

19.9%

17.7%

2013Q2

31,444

2.6%

0.8%

32,921

6.5%

3.9%

33,629

11.8%

9.4%

33,915

16.6%

14.2%

34,055

19.2%

17.4%

2013Q3

31,827

2.9%

0.9%

33,300

7.0%

4.2%

34,699

12.2%

9.3%

34,508

16.5%

14.1%

34,660

18.9%

17.0%

2013Q4

27,217

3.0%

1.0%

28,536

6.3%

3.9%

29,818

12.3%

9.5%

29,835

16.2%

14.0%

29,825

19.3%

17.2%

2014Q1

23,618

2.5%

0.9%

25,516

6.9%

3.9%

26,365

13.2%

10.4%

26,299

16.7%

14.5%

26,388

19.9%

17.9%

2014Q2

18,979

3.7%

1.1%

19,785

7.8%

5.1%

20,405

13.1%

10.8%

20,365

18.0%

15.3%

20,469

20.4%

18.5%

2014Q3

16,947

3.6%

1.3%

17,788

8.1%

5.5%

18,360

13.5%

10.7%

18,412

18.5%

15.9%

18,362

21.6%

19.4%

2014Q4

15,077

3.9%

1.5%

16,842

7.2%

4.5%

17,276

14.1%

10.8%

17,482

18.2%

15.8%

17,266

22.1%

19.7%

2015Q1

14,769

2.9%

1.0%

15,743

7.3%

4.4%

16,155

14.1%

11.1%

16,154

18.6%

16.0%

16,170

22.8%

20.1%

2015Q2

14,234

4.0%

1.4%

14,781

9.1%

5.6%

15,074

15.1%

12.0%

15,067

20.0%

16.8%

15,120

22.9%

20.5%

2015Q3

12,611

3.9%

1.4%

13,051

8.9%

5.6%

13,320

15.3%

11.8%

13,268

21.0%

17.7%

13,279

23.9%

21.3%

2015Q4

10,446

4.2%

1.6%

10,908

8.6%

5.7%

11,152

15.9%

12.5%

11,118

20.8%

17.9%

3,654

26.0%

23.6%

2016Q1

9,614

3.3%

1.0%

10,002

8.4%

5.0%

10,195

16.2%

12.4%

10,163

20.6%

17.7%

2016Q2

8,736

4.2%

1.6%

9,205

9.3%

5.8%

9,431

16.2%

12.8%

2,994

22.7%

19.9%

2016Q3

7,969

4.4%

1.4%

8,398

9.6%

6.0%

8,586

16.6%

12.9%

2016Q4

6,606

4.5%

1.3%

7,013

8.6%

5.5%

2,269

18.4%

14.5%

2017Q1

5,779

3.5%

1.2%

6,031

7.8%

4.6%

2017Q2

4,383

4.6%

1.4%

1,659

10.7%

6.2%

2017Q3

635

4.1%

1.3%

All

1,236,025

3.9%

1.3%

1,330,629

9.0%

5.5%

1,379,853

16.5%

13.1%

1,372,750

22.2%

19.2%

1,361,573

26.4%

23.9%

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Performance of HAMP Modifications by Vintage
HAMP Tier 1
Delinquency: Months After Conversion to Permanent Modification
36

48

60

72

84

Mod. Effective
in:

#

60+ Days

90+ Days

#

60+ Days

90+ Days

#

60+ Days

90+ Days

#

60+ Days

90+ Days

#

60+ Days

90+ Days

2009Q3

5,121

43.8%

41.7%

5,029

49.9%

48.3%

5,009

53.9%

52.4%

4,758

59.3%

58.6%

4,432

66.5%

65.7%

2009Q4

55,913

39.7%

37.2%

55,655

44.9%

43.1%

54,903

48.9%

47.5%

52,708

53.8%

52.8%

49,196

60.3%

59.5%

2010Q1

165,630

39.7%

37.5%

165,339

44.6%

43.0%

162,791

48.5%

47.2%

156,855

53.2%

52.2%

146,058

59.7%

58.8%

2010Q2

174,600

39.3%

37.5%

173,736

43.8%

42.6%

172,498

47.2%

46.2%

165,221

52.1%

51.3%

154,101

58.4%

57.8%

2010Q3

104,158

37.2%

35.3%

104,709

41.3%

39.8%

102,425

45.0%

44.0%

98,068

49.8%

48.9%

92,309

55.3%

54.6%

2010Q4

65,688

36.3%

34.3%

65,680

40.4%

38.8%

64,603

43.8%

42.6%

62,163

48.0%

47.2%

18,867

56.3%

55.6%

2011Q1

80,633

33.9%

31.9%

80,097

38.0%

36.6%

78,322

41.4%

40.4%

74,059

46.6%

45.6%

2011Q2

91,263

33.2%

31.6%

90,757

37.2%

36.1%

88,364

40.8%

39.8%

83,669

45.8%

45.0%

2011Q3

86,608

31.0%

29.3%

84,749

35.4%

34.2%

81,838

39.2%

38.2%

78,109

43.6%

42.7%

2011Q4

67,547

28.5%

26.8%

66,469

32.3%

30.9%

64,668

35.7%

34.7%

21,176

42.3%

41.6%

2012Q1

50,079

28.0%

26.0%

49,482

31.3%

30.1%

47,942

35.0%

33.8%

2012Q2

44,696

27.0%

25.5%

43,674

30.7%

29.5%

42,164

34.2%

33.3%

2012Q3

49,581

25.6%

24.1%

48,342

29.3%

28.1%

46,592

32.8%

31.7%

2012Q4

42,067

24.2%

22.7%

40,924

28.0%

26.6%

12,026

33.7%

32.7%

2013Q1

41,560

24.1%

22.4%

40,317

27.9%

26.5%

2013Q2

33,906

23.4%

22.0%

32,962

27.4%

26.1%

2013Q3

34,239

23.5%

21.9%

33,200

27.4%

26.1%

2013Q4

29,479

23.6%

22.0%

9,087

29.1%

27.7%

2014Q1

26,065

25.2%

23.4%

2014Q2

20,315

25.5%

23.8%

2014Q3

18,108

26.9%

25.2%

2014Q4

5,074

29.3%

27.4%

1,292,330

32.9%

31.1%

1,190,208

37.8%

36.4%

1,024,145

42.8%

41.7%

796,786

49.6%

48.7%

464,963

58.4%

57.6%

2015Q1
2015Q2
2015Q3
2015Q4
2016Q1
2016Q2
2016Q3
2016Q4
2017Q1
2017Q2
2017Q3
All

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Performance of HAMP Modifications by Vintage
HAMP Tier 2
Delinquency: Months After Conversion to Permanent Modification
3

6

12

18

24

Mod. Effective
in:

#

60+ Days

90+ Days

#

60+ Days

90+ Days

#

60+ Days

90+ Days

#

60+ Days

90+ Days

#

60+ Days

90+ Days

2012Q3

0

0.0%

0.0%

0

0.0%

0.0%

0

0.0%

0.0%

1

100.0%

100.0%

1

100.0%

100.0%

2012Q4

946

5.3%

1.3%

1,116

9.9%

5.4%

1,187

23.6%

17.4%

1,244

28.1%

23.2%

1,257

33.4%

28.6%

2013Q1

2,476

4.3%

1.4%

2,710

12.5%

7.2%

2,871

24.9%

19.5%

2,975

31.1%

26.8%

3,009

35.9%

32.4%

2013Q2

4,100

5.4%

1.6%

4,450

13.9%

8.0%

5,053

22.0%

17.6%

5,156

29.3%

24.8%

5,194

32.5%

29.3%

2013Q3

11,198

6.0%

2.2%

13,195

14.0%

8.4%

13,620

22.4%

16.9%

13,526

29.2%

25.0%

13,831

32.3%

28.9%

2013Q4

11,200

5.9%

1.9%

11,784

11.9%

7.3%

12,597

22.3%

17.1%

12,500

26.9%

23.4%

12,642

31.6%

28.1%

2014Q1

10,494

4.1%

1.4%

11,601

12.2%

6.7%

12,009

21.7%

17.0%

11,793

26.8%

23.0%

12,009

30.9%

27.5%

2014Q2

10,872

5.5%

1.4%

11,182

13.0%

7.4%

11,290

20.0%

15.8%

11,200

26.7%

22.4%

10,993

31.0%

27.8%

2014Q3

9,158

5.8%

2.0%

9,463

12.8%

8.1%

9,936

20.3%

15.5%

9,826

26.7%

22.4%

9,824

30.4%

27.1%

2014Q4

11,041

5.8%

1.9%

12,679

11.3%

6.5%

12,897

21.6%

16.4%

13,251

26.8%

22.7%

13,145

31.6%

27.8%

2015Q1

13,063

4.6%

1.2%

14,040

12.1%

6.5%

14,211

22.3%

17.0%

14,135

27.7%

23.4%

14,194

33.4%

29.2%

2015Q2

13,937

6.0%

1.6%

14,243

14.2%

8.6%

14,310

23.1%

17.9%

14,355

29.9%

25.1%

14,443

33.5%

30.2%

2015Q3

14,262

6.8%

2.2%

14,691

14.8%

8.9%

14,936

22.7%

17.8%

14,815

30.1%

25.7%

14,863

33.8%

30.2%

2015Q4

11,818

6.6%

2.1%

12,070

12.6%

7.5%

12,519

22.6%

17.5%

12,539

28.4%

24.6%

4,091

34.5%

31.3%

2016Q1

12,581

4.7%

1.3%

13,087

12.0%

6.6%

13,298

23.0%

17.4%

13,292

28.5%

23.8%

2016Q2

12,794

5.5%

1.6%

13,246

14.1%

8.0%

13,570

22.6%

17.7%

4,276

31.3%

26.8%

2016Q3

12,455

6.3%

2.0%

12,969

14.2%

8.3%

13,185

22.7%

17.6%

2016Q4

10,153

6.2%

1.9%

10,770

11.7%

6.9%

3,562

22.5%

17.3%

2017Q1

8,971

4.4%

1.4%

9,236

11.5%

6.5%

2017Q2

7,098

5.2%

1.5%

2,681

13.1%

7.6%

2017Q3

984

5.7%

2.3%

All

189,601

5.6%

1.7%

195,213

12.9%

7.5%

181,051

22.2%

17.2%

154,884

28.3%

24.0%

129,496

32.4%

28.9%

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Appendix

Program Performance Report Third Quarter 2017

Performance of HAMP Modifications by Vintage
HAMP Tier 2
Delinquency: Months After Conversion to Permanent Modification

Mod.
Effective
in:

#

60+ Days

90+ Days

#

60+ Days

90+ Days

2012Q3

1

100.0%

100.0%

1

100.0%

100.0%

2012Q4

1,283

39.0%

34.5%

1,250

42.0%

39.8%

2013Q1

3,232

38.9%

36.9%

3,133

43.9%

41.7%

2013Q2

5,257

37.3%

34.8%

5,112

42.4%

40.5%

2013Q3

14,012

37.3%

34.8%

13,569

42.8%

40.8%

2013Q4

12,708

37.2%

34.5%

4,353

45.1%

43.0%

2014Q1

11,876

37.3%

34.6%

2014Q2

11,182

36.9%

34.3%

2014Q3

9,641

37.7%

35.2%

2014Q4

3,592

39.0%

36.4%

72,784

37.5%

34.9%

27,418

43.2%

41.2%

36

48

2015Q1
2015Q2
2015Q3
2015Q4
2016Q1
2016Q2
2016Q3
2016Q4
2017Q1
2017Q2
2017Q3
All

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Appendix

Program Performance Report Third Quarter 2017

MHA Performance and Compliance Monitoring
Treasury Monitors Performance of Participating Mortgage Servicers
Treasury has monitored the performance of participating mortgage servicers since the MHA Program’s inception in 2009. Freddie Mac, acting as Treasury’s compliance
agent, created a separate division known as Making Home Affordable–Compliance (MHA-C), which evaluates servicers’ compliance with MHA guidelines through regular
compliance reviews.
Over the years, these reviews have assessed servicers’ compliance with MHA guidelines in many areas, such as:
• Identifying and contacting homeowners who are potentially eligible for MHA;
• Evaluating homeowners’ eligibility for MHA programs and communicating decisions;
• Remitting or applying financial incentives for the benefit of eligible homeowners;
• Processing interest-rate step-ups, loan recasts and related notices to borrowers;
• Processing MHA-modified loans that have lost good standing or are included in a transfer of servicing; and
• Reporting MHA data to Treasury’s system of record.
MHA-C reports the results of each compliance review to Treasury and the servicer. This approach provides Treasury with comprehensive insight into how each servicer is
implementing MHA programs.
Consequences of Non-Compliance
Servicer participation in MHA is based on a contract with Fannie Mae, as financial agent on behalf of Treasury. It is important to note that Treasury does not regulate these
institutions and does not have the authority to impose fines or penalties. Treasury can, pursuant to the contract, take certain remedial actions against servicers not in
compliance with MHA guidelines. This includes requiring the servicer to correct identified instances of non-compliance, identify and re-evaluate affected loans, perform a
retroactive analysis when an issue is potentially systemic, and enhance the effectiveness of the servicer’s internal controls. In addition, Treasury can implement financial
remedies, such as withholding financial incentive payments owed to servicers until non-compliance is corrected.
MHA Wind-Down
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, signed into law on December 18, 2015, provided that the MHA Program would terminate on December 31, 2016, except with
respect to certain loan modification applications made before such date. As set forth in program guidelines, MHA servicers were required to evaluate applications
submitted before the deadline and offer trial modifications to eligible applicants. All MHA transactions must be completed by December 1, 2017.
Following the completion of all MHA transactions on December 1, 2017, Treasury will continue to monitor servicer compliance with respect to those MHA guidelines that
pertain to post-modification activities, and require remedial action as described above.

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