RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES II INC
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934


      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 19, 2000

RESIDENTIAL  FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES II, INC. (as depositor under an Amended
and Restated  Trust  Agreement,  dated as of September 26, 2000, and pursuant to
which an Indenture was entered into,  providing for, inter alia, the issuance of
Home Equity Loan-Backed Term Notes, Series 2000-HS1)


                       Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc.
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                    (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE                          333-36244              41-1808858
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(State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission            (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)                 File Number)           Identification No.)


       8400 Normandale Lake Blvd., Suite 600 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55437
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               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)



      Registrant's telephone number, including area code, is (952) 832-7000

          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

                         Exhibit Index located on Page 4

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Items 1  through  4,  Item 6 and Item 8 are not  included  because  they are not
applicable.

Item 5. Other Events.

               The   consolidated   financial   statements  of  Ambac  Assurance
Corporation and  subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and December 31, 1998, and
for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999, included
in the Annual  Report on Form 10-K of Ambac  Financial  Group,  Inc.  (which was
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2000;  Commission
File No. 1-10777),  and the unaudited consolidated financial statements of Ambac
Assurance  Corporation and subsidiaries as of June 30, 2000, and for the periods
ended June 30, 2000 and June 30, 1999,  included in the Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q of Ambac Financial  Group,  Inc., for the period ended June 30, 2000 (which
was filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission on August 11, 2000),  are
hereby  incorporated  by reference in (i) this Current  Report on Form 8-K; (ii)
the registration statement  (No.333-36244) of the Registrant (the "Prospectus");
and (iii) the  Prospectus  Supplement  for Home Equity  Loan-Backed  Term Notes,
Series 2000-HS1 (the "Prospectus Supplement"),  and shall be deemed to be a part
hereof.

Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

        (a)    Not applicable

        (b)    Not applicable

        (c)    Exhibits:

               23.1   Consent  of  KPMG  LLP,   independent  auditors  of  Ambac
                      Assurance  Corporation  and  subsidiaries  ("Ambac")  with
                      respect  to (i)  the  incorporation  by  reference  in the
                      Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement of their report dated
                      January  21,  2000  on  the  audit  of  the   consolidated
                      financial  statements of Ambac as of December 31, 1999 and
                      1998, and for each of the years in the  three-year  period
                      ended  December  31,  1999 and (ii)  with  respect  to the
                      reference to their firm under the caption "Experts" in the
                      Prospectus Supplement.




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                                   SIGNATURES

               Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of
1934,  the  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES II, INC.


                                By:    /s/    Lisa Lundsten
                                       Name:  Lisa Lundsten
                                       Title: Vice President


Dated:  September 20, 2000




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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

                                   Item 601(a) of
        Exhibit                    Regulation S-K
         Number                     Exhibit No.                Description

           1                            23.1               Accountant's Consent




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                                  EXHIBIT 23.1

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Ambac Assurance Corporation:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration  statement (No.
333-36244)  of   Residential   Funding   Mortgage   Securities   II,  Inc.  (the
"Registrant"),   and  in  the  Prospectus  Supplement  of  the  Registrant  (the
"Prospectus  Supplement") via the Form 8-K of the Registrant dated September 19,
2000,  of our  report  dated  January  21,  2000 on the  consolidated  financial
statements of Ambac Assurance  Corporation  and  subsidiaries as of December 31,
1999 and 1998, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December
31, 1999, which report appears in the Form 10-K of Ambac Financial  Group,  Inc.
which was filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission on March 30, 2000
and to the reference to our firm under the heading  "Experts" in the  Prospectus
Supplement.


                                            /s/ KPMG LLP


New York, New York
September 19, 2000

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