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The Cooperative and Management Agent Lacked Adequate Controls Over the Operation of Lakeview East Cooperative, Chicago, IL

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.

The Cooperative and Management Agent Lacked Adequate Controls Over the Operation of Lakeview East Cooperative, Chicago, IL

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.

The Cooperative and Management Agent Lacked Adequate Controls Over the Operation of Lakeview East Cooperative, Chicago, IL

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 monthly housing expenses.

The Cooperative and Management Agent Lacked Adequate Controls Over the Operation of Lakeview East Cooperative, Chicago, IL

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.

The Cooperative and Management Agent Lacked Adequate Controls Over the Operation of Lakeview East Cooperative, Chicago, IL

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 reserve account to be used in accordance with the grant agreement.

The Cooperative and Management Agent Lacked Adequate Controls Over the Operation of Lakeview East Cooperative, Chicago, IL

Provide sufficient documentation to support that HUD had received 50 percent of the proceeds from initial membership sales as of May 2017. If the Cooperative cannot do this, it should pay HUD half of the principal on the promissory notes payable to the Cooperative for all of the membership sales less the amount the Cooperative can support that it paid HUD for initial membership sales.