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7. The Agency shall require all owners of housing assisted with HOME funds to maintain the housing in compliance with applicable Housing Quality Standards and local housing code requirements for the duration of the agreement. 8. The Agency shall, where applicable, review the activities of owners of rental housing assisted with HOME funds to assure compliance with the requirements set out in 24 CFR Part 92 not less than annually. Each review must include an annual onsite inspection to detemilne compliance with housing codes and the HOME Program requirements. These inspections shall be conducted for each unit in a period during the project's period of affordability. 9. The City shall hold the Agency responsible for complying with the provisions ofthis agreement even when the Agency designates a third party or parties to undertake any part of the program. The Agency shall not pass on their administrative responsibility to insure compliance with all applicable regulations. All third parties must be bound in writing to the same provisions as required in this agreement. 10. None of the following or their immediate family members, during the tenure of the subject person or for one year thereafter, shall have any direct or indirect financial interest in any contract, subcontract or the proceeds thereof for work to be performed in connection with the program assisted under this agreement: Employees, agents, or officials of the Agency, including members of the governing body, who exercise any function or responsibility with respect to the program. The same prohibition shall be incorporated in all such contracts and subcontracts. II. The assistance provided under this agreement shall not be used by the Agency to pay a third party to lobby the United States government for funding approval, approval of applications for additional assistance, or any other approval or concurrence of HUD required under this agreement. However, HOME funds may be used to pay reasonable fees for bona fide technical, consultant, managerial or other such services, other.than actual solicitations, provided these services are eligible as a program cost. 12. The Agency shall reimburse the City for any amount of HOME funds detemilned by HUD to have been improperly expended, and the City shall retain the right to recover any questioned costs or overpayments from the Agency. 13. Upon temilnation, the Agency shall remit any unexpended balance of advanced payments on account of the Grant as well as such other portions of such payments previously received as determined by the City to be due and the action of the City in accepting any such amount shall not constitute a waiver of any claim, which the City may otherwise have. 14. The Agency shall allow the City to carry out monitoring and evaluation activities as determined necessary by the City and HUD. r34-