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THE FACT THAT A MORTGAGE IS MERELY INSURED BY HUD OR THE FHA DOES NOT MAKE THE BANK WHICH HOLDS THE MORTGAGE AN ASSIGNEE OF A FEDERAL AGENCY SUCH THAT NEW YORK’S STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS DOES NOT APPLY; A BANK IS NOT AN ASSIGNEE OF HUD OR THE FHA IF IT WAS NOT ASSIGNED THE AUTHORITY TO FORECLOSE THE INSURED MORTGAGE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, affirming Supreme Court, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Maltese, determined New York’s six-year statute of limitations applied to the foreclosure of a mortgage insured by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The bank argued that, as an assignee of a federal agency, it is immune from New York’s statute of limitations:

“‘There is no federal statute of limitations applicable to mortgage foreclosure actions brought by the United States or its federal agencies'” … . “That rule applies equally to an assignee of a federal agency, including a commercial lender, and includes the benefit of immunity from a state limitations period” … . * * *

The relevant distinction in this case is that between a loan that was merely insured by a federal agency and a loan that was held by a federal agency, such that the federal agency had a right to foreclose the mortgage, and then assigned to the plaintiff. A plaintiff seeking to foreclose a mortgage that was merely insured by a federal agency is not entitled to immunity. Allowing immunity in such instances would inappropriately expand its application and would be inconsistent with the purpose of “allow[ing] the government to maintain belated actions to enforce public rights,” where the government never had the ability to maintain such an action … . * * *

Although [the] evidence demonstrated that the loan at issue was insured by HUD and/or the FHA, the plaintiff failed to establish that either of those agencies ever had the right to foreclose the mortgage “unfettered by [the] statute of limitations” or that such a right was ever assigned to the plaintiff … . … [T]he plaintiff was not an assignee of a federal agency merely because the loan was insured by federal agencies. Bank of Am., N.A. v Reid, 2024 NY Slip Op 04942, Second Dept 10-9-24

Practice Point: An assignee of a federal agency is immune from New York’s statute of limitations. Here the bank which held the mortgage which was insured by HUD was not an assignee of the federal agency (HUD) because it was not assigned the authority to foreclose the insured mortgage.​

 

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