Trade groups cast doubt over FHA’s attempt to remove lending roadblocks

In May, the FHA said it was working to clarify the rules of its mortgage program in an effort to ease compliance concerns, pledging to replace the “jumbled legalese” in its certification and compliance documents with “plain English.” But a number of trade groups expressed their joint belief that the proposed changes do not go far enough to ease compliance concerns and “will not give lenders the assurance needed to expand their program participation.” Here’s what they recommend be done.