NY -- Standard&Poor's CreditWire 11/4/98 – Standard&Poor's today assigned its triple-'A' rating to Washington State Housing Finance Commission's Community Reinvestment Act taxable single-family program bonds series 1998A due Jan. 1, 2031. The bonds are scheduled to sell Nov. 5, 1998. The rating reflects: -- High credit quality of the FNMA, GNMA, and FHLMC mortgage-backed securities backing the bonds; -- Triple-'A' rated investments; and -- Cash flow sufficiency. The bonds are issued under a closed lien indenture to provide the commission with funds to purchase mortgage-backed securities, which are backed by mortgages originated to borrowers who are at or below 80% of the MSA's median income. The mortgages will be 30-year, fixed rate, fully amortizing loans representing