Nearly 3 Million Homeowners Get Mortgage Help, But Others Hit Roadblocks
![Millions of homeowners have put their mortgage payments on pause amid the coronavirus crisis. "A lot of people are in distress," says Michael Fratantoni, chief economist at the Mortgage Bankers Association.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/04/20/ap_18057785215143_wide-66168d16e16ee92a4fc9556980b96f3ec900092e.jpg?s=600)
Congress ordered lenders to let homeowners who've been hurt financially in the crisis to skip mortgage payments. Many are getting that help, but others say their lenders aren't playing by the rules.
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