The Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form (SFHDF) is used by Federally regulated lending institutions when making, increasing, extending, renewing or purchasing a loan for the purpose of determining whether flood insurance is required and available. The form is required by Section 303 (a) of Title V of the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (NFIRA). The FEMA Form number for the Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form (SFHDF) has been changed from FEMA Form 81-93
Information recently released by Davis Polk shows: As of June 1, 2012, a total of 221 Dodd-Frank rulemaking requirement deadlines have passed. This is 55.5% of the 398 total rulemaking requirements, and 78.9% of the 280 rulemaking requirements with specified deadlines. Of these 221 passed deadlines, 148 (67.0%) have been missed and 73 (33.0%) have been met with finalized rules. Regulators have not yet released proposals for 21 of the 148 missed rules. Of the
On May 30th the President signed HR 5740, extending the NFIP’s authority for an additional 60 days. The law enables FEMA to enter into flood insurance contracts through July 31, 2012. For the past several years Congress has played this funding game. The flood laws need some serious attention. Congress cannot agree on the steps needed to improve the program. So rather than approve long-term funding for the insurance program a series of short-term funding
The week of June 10th I will be wandering the halls of the ABA’s Annual Compliance Conference in Orlando. If you plan to be there, please look me up. I would like to put some faces with the names of those who follow my blog. If you can’t be there, check this blog regularly. I plan to post articles regarding anything of interest that I hear or see during the week. Jack
CFPB DELAYS ABILITY TO REPAY RULE
Category: CFPB, Lending Compliance, Regulation Z, Truth in Lending
On May 31st the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it is seeking additional public comment on new data and information that it has received in a rulemaking to require lenders to revise Regulation Z to assess consumers’ ability to repay mortgage loans before extending them credit. The latest comment period will close on July 9, 2012. The CFPB is a new agency so we need to cut them a little slack. What the
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