With numerous modifications designed to make its proposal less onerous, the CFPB on Monday issued a final rule providing temporary foreclosure protection without the de facto moratorium that, had the Bureau heeded some on the Hill, would have prolonged nonpayment, possibly precipitating a flood of borrower requests which servicers could not reasonably be expected to handle with justice for all.

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