CFPB Reopens Comment Period On Proposed Amendments To Servicing Rules

On April 21, 2016, the CFPB reopened the comment period on a narrow portion of its December 15, 2014 notice of proposed rulemaking (the "NPR"), which would amend the mortgage servicing rules in Regulation X and Regulation Z. Specifically, the CFPB is requesting public comment on a February 2016 report summarizing the results of consumer testing on certain modified periodic statement forms, which the CFPB proposed in the NPR as appendices H-30(E) and H-30(F).

The NPR proposed (1) amendments to Regulation Z that would require servicers to provide modified periodic statements to consumers who have filed for bankruptcy, subject to certain exceptions; and (2) sample modified periodic statement forms for consumers who have filed for bankruptcy. As expressly contemplated in the NPR, the CPFB has since conducted consumer testing of the sample modified periodic statement forms, and it has published a report summarizing the results of the testing. Thus, the CFPB has reopened