Reverse mortgages are home-secured
loans typically offered to elderly consumers. Financial
institutions currently provide two types of reverse mortgage
products: the lenders’ own proprietary reverse mortgage products
and reverse mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration
(FHA) within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD). Reverse mortgage loans insured by the FHA are made pursuant
to the guidelines and rules established by HUD’s Home Equity
Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program. HECM loans and proprietary
reverse mortgages are also subject to consumer financial protection
laws and regulations (e.g., the regulations that implement laws
such as the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) and the
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)). In August 2010, the Federal Financial
Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), on behalf of its member
agencies, published a Federal Register notice adopting supervisory
guidance titled “Reverse Mortgage Products: Guidance for Managing
Compliance and Reputation Risks.” The guidance is designed to
assist financial institutions with risk management and efforts to
ensure that their reverse mortgage lending practices adequately
address consumer compliance and reputation risks. The reverse
mortgage guidance discusses the reporting, recordkeeping, and
disclosures required by federal laws and regulations and also
discusses consumer disclosures that financial institutions
typically provide as a standard business practice. Certain portions
of the guidance are information collections subject to the
Paperwork Reduction Act’s (PRA) requirements.
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USC 248 Name of Law: Federal Reserve Act
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.