Ensure that originating base IAAs and modifications are maintained in HUD’s procurement system of record, PRISM, including manual documentation and records from HIAMS.

Develop, document, and implement policies and procedures for initiating, recording, and approving IAAs and subsequent modifications.

Monitor the records management procedures of OCPO field offices for administering consistency among contracting officers processing IAAs and corresponding modifications.

Improve controls to ensure that the OOR process is successful. This includes but is not limited to the following: (1) providing clarity on what constitutes a reasonable justification for retaining obligations marked for review during the OOR and (2) ensuring that a reasonable amount of time is provided for program offices to adequately complete the markup review phase of the OOR.

Deobligate all obligations marked for deobligation during the departmentwide OOR, including as much as $212,447 in 46 administrative obligations and 1 program obligation totaling $135,956 marked for deobligation as of September 30, 2017.

Deobligate all obligations marked for deobligation during the departmentwide OOR, including as much as $11,463,971 in 189 program obligations and $13,640 in 10 administrative obligations marked for deobligation as of September 30, 2017.

Provide sufficient documentation to support that the Cooperative used its share of the proceeds from initial membership sales in accordance with the grant agreement. If the Cooperative cannot do this, it should transfer funds from its operating account, in an amount equal to half of the principal on the mortgages to the Cooperative for all membership sales less the amount the Cooperative can support that it used for eligible purposes, to a…

Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that its share of the proceeds from initial membership sales is used in accordance with the grant agreement.

Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that the Cooperative receives HUD approval before using the $148,872 in proceeds from initial membership sales offset by undisbursed funds which was in the Cooperative’s reserve for replacements account for the project.

Sign the amendment to the use agreement which would require the Cooperative to ensure that monthly housing expenses did not exceed 35 percent of the members’ monthly adjusted gross income only at the time of sale. If the Cooperative does not sign the amendment, it should verify the current household income for all members to determine whether the members are paying more than 35 percent of their households’ monthly adjusted gross income for…

Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that it sells memberships to the same proportion of very low-, low-, and moderate-income households as stated in the resident income profile in paragraph 4.a. and required by paragraph 10.b. of the use agreement.

Require the member for whom it tried to transfer the membership associated with a unit in which the remaining member passed away, to move into the unit or continue to pursue the release of the member’s membership rights to the Cooperative.

Require the members who did not maintain their unit at the project as their principal residence to move into the unit or continue to pursue the sale of their membership in the Cooperative.

Provide sufficient documentation to support that the single occupant of a unit was a member of the Cooperative. If the Cooperative cannot do this, it should determine who has the right to membership associated with the unit, transfer the membership to that person if appropriate, and require him or her to move into or sell the unit.

Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that members maintain their units at the project as their principal residence or sell their memberships.

Rent the unit that was used to provide rent-free housing to former employees of the management agent to a very low-, low-, or moderate-income household selected from a waiting list for rental units that meets the requirements of the resident home-ownership plan and considers the tenant profile.

Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that the project’s units are used for rental or cooperative housing unless otherwise approved by HUD.

Implement adequate procedures and controls to ensure that it submits the required reports to HUD to show continued compliance with the program.

Ensure that the Cooperative’s board members and responsible staff of the Cooperative’s management agent are provided training on HUD’s requirements and the grant agreement.

Consider removing from the Cooperative’s board the member who did not maintain their unit as their principal residence.