This rule implements as final an interim rule that amends 24 CFR part 203 to eliminate the Mortgage Assignment Program and to provide that HUD may: Recompense mortgagees for using mortgage foreclosure alternatives, such as special forbearance, loan modifications, and deeds in lieu of foreclosure; pay the mortgagee a partial claim which would be applied to the arrearage of a defaulted mortgage; and accept assignment of a mortgage which the mortgagee has modified to cure the default.