Report 2018-037 Recommendation 6 Responses

Report 2018-037: California Department of Housing and Community Development: Its Oversight of Housing Bond Funds Remains Inconsistent (Release Date: September 2018)

Recommendation #6 To: Housing and Community Development, Department of

To ensure that it appropriately monitors CalHome as required by statute, regulation, and program guidelines, HCD should immediately stop providing extensions to standard agreements to recipients if those extensions would cause HCD to not spend the full award within the 36-month term and therefore violate its regulations.

60-Day Agency Response

As of November 1, 2018, 5 active contracts remain and policies have been adopted to stop extensions on current and future contracts.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Fully Implemented

To the extent HCD follows its new policy, it will address our recommendation.

All Recommendations in 2018-037

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.