# Federal Housing Administration (FHA): Single Family Mortgage Insurance Maximum Time Period for Filing Insurance Claims, Curtailment of Interest and Disallowance of Operating Expenses Incurred Beyond Certain Established Timeframes; Partial Withdrawal
**AGENCY:**
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner, HUD.
**ACTION:**
Partial withdrawal of proposed rule.
**SUMMARY:**
This document withdraws part of a proposed rule, published in the *Federal Register* on July 6, 2015, that proposed to establish a maximum time period within which an FHA-approved mortgagee must file a claim with FHA for insurance benefits, and to revise HUD's policies concerning the curtailment of interest and the disallowance of certain expenses incurred by a mortgagee as a result of the mortgagee's failure to timely initiate foreclosure or timely take such other action that is a prerequisite to submission of a claim for insurance. This withdrawal covers only the portion of the proposed rule that would have established the maximum time period within which an FHA-approved mortgagee must file a claim with FHA for insurance benefits.
**DATES:**
As of October 16, 2015, HUD withdraws the proposed additions of §§ 203.317a and 203.372, and proposed revision to § 203.318, published Monday, July 6, 2015 (80 FR 38410).
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Ivery Himes, Director, Office of Single Family Asset Management, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 9172, Washington, DC 20410; telephone number 202-708-1672 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number by calling the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339 (this is a toll-free number).
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**I. Background**
On July 6, 2015, HUD published in the *Federal Register* a proposed rule that would have added § 203.372, establishing a maximum time period for filing a claim for insurance benefits, and § 203.317a, providing that the contract of insurance would be terminated if a mortgagee failed to file a claim within the maximum time period specified in § 203.372, to 24 CFR part 203. The proposed rule would have also revised § 203.318 to refer to termination of the insurance contract under new § 203.317a. Additionally, the proposed rule would amend § 203.402, and revise the title of § 203.474, related to proposals concerning the curtailment of interest and the disallowance of certain expenses incurred by a mortgagee as a result of the mortgagee's failure to timely initiate foreclosure or timely take such other action that is a prerequisite to submission of a claim for insurance.
In response to public comments expressing concern over the implementation of the proposed provisions regarding the maximum time period within which an FHA-approved mortgagee must file a claim with FHA for insurance benefits, HUD is withdrawing the proposed additions of §§ 203.317a and 203.372, and proposed revision to § 203.318. HUD will publish in the *Federal Register* any revised maximum time period for claim filing provisions in a proposed rule and solicit public comment on it.
**List of Subjects in 24 CFR Part 203**
Hawaiian Natives, Home improvement, Indians-lands, Loan programs-housing and community development, Mortgage insurance, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Solar energy.
*Partial Withdrawal of Proposed Rule.* For the reasons stated in the preamble and under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 3535(d), HUD withdraws the proposed additions of §§ 203.317a and 203.372, and proposed revision to § 203.318, in 24 CFR part 203.
Dated: October 7, 2015.
Edward L. Golding,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing.