I am contacting the CFPB as I am stunned and scared as my mortgage servicer, CitiMortgage denied my request for a loan modification because the FHA loan I have that is co-signed by my brother ( who quit claimed off the property XXXX/XXXX/14 ) also co-signed for a loan with his girlfriend with XXXX XXXX and that loan happens to be an FHA loan. That loan was taken out a few years after my loan so I can not understand why this is being held against me and CitiMortgage will not modify my loan because of this. I went online and pulled the FHA handbook guidelines refernece Handbook XXXX : XXXX stating this is the exception and not the rule. I tried appealing the decision and they came back today and stated my only option is short sale. I have nowhere else to live and I started working a XXXX job for the past year just to be able to afford this home. It appears from the FHA handbook an exception can be made considering I live in the home, my brother does not and we have a recorded quit claim deed. - XXXX Non-Occupying Co-Borrower. A non-occupying co-borrower on property being purchased with an FHA insured mortgage as a principal residence by other family members may have a joint interest in that property as well as in a principal residence of their own with an FHA insured mortgage. XXXX See HUD Handbook XXXX for additional information ). Under no circumstances may investors use the exceptions described above to circumvent FHA 's ban on loans to private investors and acquire rental properties through purportedly purchasing " principal residences ''. 

Considerations in determining the eligibility of a borrower for XXXX of these exceptions are the length of time the previous property was owned by the borrower and the circumstances that compel the borrower to purchase another residence with an FHA insured mortgage. In all other cases, the purchasing borrower either must pay off the FHA insured mortgage on the previous residence or terminate ownership of that property before acquiring another FHA insured mortgage. 
