Report 2014-037 Recommendation 9 Responses

Report 2014-037: California Department of Housing and Community Development: Inconsistent Oversight Has Resulted in the Questionable Use of Some Housing Bond Funds (Release Date: September 2014)

Recommendation #9 To: Housing and Community Development, Department of

Once it has an effective risk assessment tool in place, HCD should establish a process to ensure that it consistently uses the tool to select the recipients at highest risk for on-site monitoring.

6-Month Agency Response

CalHome has revised its Desk and Operations manuals to include a new risk assessment process to help identify high risk recipients (AF9a, red text).

• Completion Date: February 2015
• Response Date: March 2015

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Fully Implemented

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60-Day Agency Response

DFA staff and management are developing a new process that will be incorporated into the CalHome procedure manual.

• Estimated Completion Date: 3/1/2015
• Response Date: November 2014

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

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All Recommendations in 2014-037

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.