Report 2020-108 Recommendation Responses
Report 2020-108: California's Housing Agencies: The State Must Overhaul Its Approach to Affordable Housing Development to Help Relieve Millions of Californians' Burdensome Housing Costs (Release Date: November 2020)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To ensure that the State awards financial resources for housing in a more timely and efficient manner, the Legislature should create a workgroup including the Tax Committee, HCD, CalHFA, and other industry representatives such as private lenders and developers, and require it to do the following:
- Develop consistent program requirements for determining eligibility for awarding financial resources to multifamily housing projects, to the extent feasible.
- Align application deadlines for multifamily housing programs.
- Design the requirements and deadlines to best accomplish the goals outlined in the state housing plan and addendum, with the intent to maximize affordable housing built and to remove administrative barriers.
- Update their respective regulations to reference the new program requirements and deadlines.
Description of Legislative Action
As of November 17, 2021, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: November 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
As of May 17, 2021, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: May 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
AB 68 (Salas) states legislative intent to implement the recommendations in the audit.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2021