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Without Congressional Authority FHA is Faced with Hard Choices

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HUD would prefer to take the surgeon’s approach making fine tuned adjustments to the federally-insured reverse mortgage or HECM program. Presently it is left with the axe of harsh change unless Congress acts to give them the authority needed before the beginning of next fiscal year October 1st. The blunt approach was mentioned in a recent Senate Banking Committee hearing last week when Assistant Secretary of HUD Carol Galante reassured senators that they have no plans to bring back the standard fixed rate product.

Assistant Secretary Galante mentioned another option…more principal limit reductions across the board. “If we can’t make those nuanced changes, we are going to have to say the entire amount [that can be borrowed] is going to be just lowered for everybody across the board.”