§12708 Compliance

Summary

Each participating jurisdiction must send an annual report, in a form the Secretary accepts, about how it is carrying out its housing strategy. The report must evaluate progress on the goal in section 12705(b)(18) and say how many and what types of households will be helped, including numbers by income level (very low, low, moderate) and by race and ethnicity. The Secretary will set due dates, review the reports, and give recommendations. If a jurisdiction does not file a satisfactory report on time, HUD aid under subchapter II or the programs in section 12706 may be paused until a good report is filed, or, after notice and a hearing, the aid may be taken away and reallocated. The Secretary will also review each jurisdiction’s work at least once a year, including on-site visits when possible. The review will check money management, following the housing strategy, report accuracy, and efforts to ensure assisted housing follows contracts and the law. The Secretary will write a report, give the jurisdiction at least 30 days to comment, may change the report, and must make the report and the jurisdiction’s comments public within 30 days after getting the comments. Courts may not review the adequacy of information submitted under section 12705(b)(4). Court review of a housing strategy is limited to whether the process and content substantially meet the Act’s rules, and courts cannot stop a jurisdiction from carrying out an approved strategy or affect housing already assisted while a challenge is pending.