FHA issued Mortgagee Letter 2017-13, announcing an extension of the temporary condominium project approval policy requirements issued in Mortgagee Letter 2012-18 and Mortgagee Letter 2015-27, and modified in Mortgagee Letter 2016-15. Pursuant to the Mortgagee Letter, the temporary approval requirements initially issued in Mortgagee Letter 2012-18 and Mortgagee Letter 2015-27 are extended until HUD publishes the final Condominium Project Approval rule in HUD Handbook 4000.1. The Mortgagee Letter went into effect August 30, 2017.