The District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking issued responses to frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding the residential and commercial mortgage deferment program under the District of Columbia’s Covid-19 Response Supplemental Emergency Amendment Act of 2020. The FAQs provide guidance on, among other things, which entities and financial institutions are considered mortgage lenders under the act and therefore subject to the requirements, mortgage lenders’ obligations under the act, how borrowers should apply for the mortgage deferment plan, and record-keeping requirements under the act.