This document suspends, until the date of publication of a final rule, the last sentence in introductory paragraph (a) of 24 CFR 203.355 and the second sentence in paragraph (f) of 24 CFR 203.402, which otherwise would have become applicable on March 1, 1997. This suspension is being issued to permit HUD to consider fully the public comments on these provisions before making them applicable. The suspended provisions relate to loss mitigation procedures for single family mortgage insurance.