§12708 Compliance

Summary

Each participating jurisdiction must annually review and send a report, in a form the Secretary accepts, about how it is carrying out its housing plan. The report must say how the jurisdiction is doing at meeting the goal in section 12705(b)(15) and give numbers and types of households helped, including very low‑income, low‑income, and moderate‑income people and the racial and ethnic groups served. The Secretary sets the report deadlines, reviews the reports, and can give recommendations. If a jurisdiction does not file a satisfactory report on time, the Secretary may suspend its HUD assistance until a good report is filed, or after notice and a hearing may withdraw and reassign the funds. The Secretary must review each jurisdiction’s activities at least once a year, including on‑site visits when possible, to check money management, follow‑through on the housing plan, report accuracy, and that assisted housing meets contracts and law. The Secretary will write a report, give the jurisdiction at least 30 days to comment, may revise the report, and must make the report and comments public within 30 days after getting the comments. Courts cannot review the adequacy of information under section 12705(b)(4); court review is limited to whether the plan’s process and content substantially meet the Act, and courts may not stop a jurisdiction from carrying out an approved plan or affect housing assisted while a challenge is pending.