"By working together, Freddie Mac and the nation's mortgage servicers can help relieve borrower anxiety about making next months mortgage payment so they can focus their energies on rebuilding their lives and homes," said Richard F. Syron, Freddie Mac Chairman and CEO, in a statement. "The relief measures we're announcing today are also intended to expedite the release of insurance proceeds to help borrowers secure materials, labor and other resources to get the home repair process underway," Syron said. Freddie Mac's disaster relief policies also strongly encourage servicers to extend several other measures to help affected borrowers with Freddie Mac-owned loans.