This memorandum provides a summary of certain key federal and state COVID-19 developments of potential relevance to non-health-related Massachusetts state and local agencies as of noon on April 3, 2020. As legislative and regulatory decisions are being taken rapidly, this memorandum should be taken as current only through that time.
NEW OR UPDATED FEDERAL LEGISLATION AND AGENCY ACTIONS –
• HUD Relief Funding and Forbearance. On April 2, HUD announced its priorities for the use of the $3 billion in federal CDBG funds appropriated by the CARES Act. HUD also announced that it had instructed mortgage servicers to establish six months’ forbearance periods for single family homeowners with FHA-insured mortgages who demonstrate financial hardship due to the national emergency. This supplements HUD’s March 18 announcement of a foreclosure and eviction moratorium for single-family homeowners with FHA-insured mortgages for 60 days...
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