As a follow-up to our March 11 Single-Family Seller/Servicer Guide Bulletin, today we are providing Servicers with some of the required documentation, and introducing two new forms, to help begin implementing the Home Affordable Modification program. As previously communicated, we will be providing you with all the documents required under the Home Affordable Modification program in the near future.

Program documents are available for you to download from a link on the Freddie Mac Home Affordable Modification program Web page. You must use your Mortgage Servicing Products ID to access the forms from a secure Web page. To obtain a Mortgage Servicing Products ID please visit our Servicing Applications Sign Up Form. The documents available for use later today include:

• A Proactive Solicitation Letter, Form 1120, that may be used for borrowers who are 31 days or more delinquent.
• A Documentation Request Letter, Form 1121, which may be used to collect additional required information from the borrower.
• A Hardship Affidavit, Form 1122, to be signed by all borrowers.
• A Workout Plan Cover Letter, Form 1123, for stated income.
• A Workout Plan Cover Letter, Form 1124, for verified income.
• NEW! A Counseling Referral Letter, Form 1119, that may be used to inform borrowers they are required to attend credit counseling.
• NEW! A Special Inspector General Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) Fraud Notice, Form 1125, that must be included with the Document Request Letter or the Workout Plan Cover Letter for stated income.

The following legal documents will be available to you in the near future. We will notify you when they become available. Upcoming documents include:

• Home Affordable Modification Program Workout Plan, Uniform Instrument Form 3156.
• Home Affordable Modification Program Modification Agreement, Uniform Instrument Form 3157.
• An Agreement Cover Letter.

Servicers may download the Freddie Mac logo to co-brand envelopes and packages. Servicers may not use Freddie Mac's logo without also including its own logo and any other disclosures required by applicable federal, State, or local law (e.g., equal housing lender logo).

For more information about the Home Affordable Modification program:

• Review the March 11, 2009, Guide Bulletin.
• Visit Freddie Mac’s Home Affordable Modification Program Web page.
• Visit our Learning Center for additional educational resources on the Home Affordable Modification program.
• Review information for consumers about the federal Making Home Affordable program on the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Web site.  

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Safeguard Properties is the largest privately held field services company in the country. Located in Cleveland, Ohio and founded in 1990 by Robert Klein, Safeguard has grown from a regional preservation company with a few employees and a handful of contractors performing services in the Midwest, to a national company with over 500 employees. Safeguard is supported by a nationwide network of subcontractors able to perform any requested superintendence, preservation, and maintenance functions, as well as numerous ancillary services in the U.S., the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.