{"abstract":"On February 6, 2015, at 80 FR 6743, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) published a notice to solicit public comment on the alternative path to claim payment--the Mortgagee Optional Election Assignment--for certain HECMs announced in Mortgagee Letter 2015-03. The public comment period on the February 6, 2015, notice closed on March 9, 2015. FHA received 7 public comments on the notice. In this notice, FHA responds to questions and comments raised by commenters.","action":"Notice; response to comments.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2015/04/29/2015-10019.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"80 FR 23808","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":null,"disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. FR-5735-N-05"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2015-10019","effective_on":null,"end_page":23814,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2015/04/29/2015-10019.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/04/29/2015-10019/home-equity-conversion-mortgage-hecm-program-mortgagee-optional-election-assignment-for-home-equity","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2015-10019?publication_date=2015-04-29","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2015-04-29/2015-10019/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":7,"page_views":{"count":1551,"last_updated":"2026-08-26 08:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-04-29/pdf/2015-10019.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2015-10019.pdf?1430225217","publication_date":"2015-04-29","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2015/04/29/2015-10019.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[],"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=HUD-2015-0014","supporting_documents_count":0,"docket_id":"HUD-2015-0014","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"FR–5735–N–05 Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) Program: Mortgagee Optional Election Assignment for Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) With FHA Case Numbers Assigned Prior to August 4, 2014- Response to Comments","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2015-05-19T06:00:19Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":23808,"subtype":null,"title":"Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) Program: Mortgagee Optional Election Assignment for Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs) With FHA Case Numbers Assigned Prior to August 4, 2014-Response to Comments","toc_doc":"Mortgagee Optional Election Assignment for Home Equity Conversion Mortgages With FHA Case Numbers Assigned Prior to August 4, 2014","toc_subject":"Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Program:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":80}