[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 24, Volume 4] [Revised as of April 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 24CFR906.17] [Page 355] TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PART 906--SECTION 5(h) HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAM (Eff. until 4-10-03)--Table of Contents Sec. 906.17 Records, reports, and audits. The PHA shall be responsible for the maintenance of records (including sale and financial records, which must include information on the racial and ethnic characteristics of the purchasers) for all activities incident to implementation of the HUD-approved homeownership plan. Until all planned sales of individual dwellings have been completed, the PHA shall submit to HUD annual sales reports, in a form prescribed by HUD. The receipt, retention, and expenditure of the sale proceeds shall be covered in the regular independent audits of the PHA's public housing operations, and any supplementary audits that HUD may find necessary for monitoring. Where another entity is responsible for sale of individual units, pursuant to Sec. 906.7(b), the PHA must ensure that the entity's responsibilities include proper recordkeeping and accountability to the PHA, sufficient to enable the PHA to monitor compliance with the approved homeownership plan, to prepare its reports to HUD, and to meet its audit responsibilities. All books and records shall be subject to inspection and audit by HUD and the General Accounting Office (GAO). (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 2577-0201)