SAN FRANCISCO (Standard&Poor's CreditWire) March 28, 2000--Standard&Poor's today assigned its double-'A' rating to Colorado Housing and Finance Authority's (CHFA) $35.97 million senior single-family program bonds series 2000B and $3.2 million taxable senior single-family program bonds series 2000B-1. In addition, Standard&Poor's assigned its single-'A'-plus rating to the authority's $830,000 subordinate single-family program bonds series 2000B. The bonds are scheduled to sell March 29, 2000. The outlook is stable. The rating on CHFA's senior series 2000B single-family mortgage program bonds is based upon: -- The high quality of the mortgage collateral, consisting primarily of FHA-insured and VA-guaranteed mortgage loans; -- Oversight of the loan portfolio by a conscientious and experienced state housing finance authority; -- Various
