August 9, 2023
Lender Letter LL-2023-07 COVID-19 Payment Deferral and Fannie Mae Flex Modification for COVID-19 Impacted Borrowers
(Updated December 13, 2023) This Lender Letter updates policies previously published in LL-2023-07 (and updated on Aug. 9 2023) to clarify that, when the servicer is evaluating a borrower for a Fannie Mae Flex Modification in the circumstance where the borrower has become 60 days delinquent within 6 months of a COVID-19 payment deferral’s effective date and the servicer has been unable to achieve QRPC, the servicer is not required to have reported the mortgage loan with reason for delinquency code 022, Energy-Environment Costs, prior to the date of the Flex Modification evaluation.
