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h. Except for the housing assistance payment and the tenant rent as provided under the HAP contract, the owner has not received and will not receive any payments or other consideration (from the family, the PHA, HUD, or any other public or private source) for rental of the contract unit. i. The family does not own, or have any interest in the contract unit. If the owner is a cooperative, the family may be a member of the cooperative. 3. CONDIF a iOW Or UNI i S a. Owner maintenance and operation The owner must maintain and operate the contract units and premises to provide decent, safe and sanitary housing in accordance with the HQS, including performance of ordinary and extraordinary maintenance. The owner must provide all the services, maintenance and utilities set forth in Exhibits B and C, and in the lease with each assisted family. b. PHA inspections 1. The PHA must inspect each contract unit before execution of the HAP contract. The PHA may not enter into a HAP contract covering a unit until the unit fully complies with the HQS. 2. Before providing assistance to a new family in a contract unit, the PHA must inspect the unit. The PHA may not provide assistance on behalf of the family until the unit fully complies with the HQS. 3. At least annually during the term of the HAP contract, the PHA must inspect a random sample, consisting of at least 20 percent of the contract units in each building, to determine if the contract units and the premises are maintained in accordance with the HQS. Turnover inspections pursuant to paragraph 2 of this section are not counted towards meeting this annual inspection requirement. 4. If more than 20 percent of the annual sample of inspected contract units in a building fail the initial inspection, the PHA must reinspect 100 percent of the contract units in the building. 5. The PHA must inspect contract units whenever needed to determine that the contract units comply with the HQS and that the owner is providing Project -based Voucher Program HAP Contract for New Construction or Rehabilitation Previous editions are obsolete HUD 52530A Page - 7 - of Part 2 4-53 (04/2015)