15.13 MAP — HUD Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP)

A. Referral. The Director of COB or the DAS for Multifamily Housing may refer a MAP Lender to the MAP Lender Review Board for consideration of probation, suspension or termination sanctions.

The referral must be in a written report that includes:
- A full description of the violations and their factual basis.

Specific citations of the Department’s requirements that have been violated.

All available supporting documentation that bears upon the violations.

The Lender will be notified of the referral once the Review Board has been constituted by issuance of a Notice of Violation pursuant to Section 15.14, below.

B. Board Appointment. When the Director of COB determines that he/she intends to make a referral to the Review Board, the Director will request that the DAS for Multifamily Housing appoint a Board, in accordance with Section 15.11, above.

C. Internal Conference. When the MAP Lender Review Board receives a referral, its members may confer by email, conference call or in person. Confidential communications between and among Board members at this stage are privileged from disclosure and will not be part of the administrative record.

D. Informal Conference. Before the MAP Lender Review Board begins formal proceedings on the referral, the Lender may request an informal conference with the Board, which the Board will schedule.

After notifying the Lender of the referral and the proposed sanction by issuance of a Notice of Violation, and permitting the Lender an opportunity to respond, the Board will meet informally with the Lender or its designees and with the Director of OMP and COB to review the referral and documentary evidence and the presentations by both sides.
A transcript of the informal conference will not be kept, unless the Lender elects to have a transcript made by a certified court reporter at its own expense. If the Lender elects to have a transcript made, it must provide 3 copies of the transcript to HUD within 5 business days of the conference. The transcript will not become a part of the record unless it is submitted within the 5-day limit. The Board may consider voluntary admissions by the Lender or its representatives on any element of the violation charged. Any additional documents, evidence or written arguments which the Lender wishes the Board to consider must be presented within 5 business days after the informal conference.

E. Action by the MAP Lender Review Board. Upon consideration of evidence submitted by the Director of OMP, COB and the MAP Lender, the MAP Lender Review Board will formally confer and make a final decision.

Any final decision by the Review Board placing a Lender on probation, suspension or terminating a Lender shall be in writing and shall state the reasons for the decision and the facts supporting its decision ( see Notice of Action in Section 15.15, below).
The Review Board is not bound by the recommendations from other HUD officials, except that the Board may not impose any sanction or take any action against a Lender that is more severe than the action recommended by the Director of OMP or COB. In any case where the action taken by the Board differs from the sanction recommendation it received the difference shall be explained in writing.

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F. Effective Date of Action . Unless the Review Board determines that a later date should apply, any sanction shall become effective on the date of the Notice of Action to the Lender, issued pursuant to Section 15.15, below.

G. Appeal. The Lender may appeal the Board’s decision and Notice of Action to the Appeal Official, as described in Section 15.16, below.