---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 1437bbb–7"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "1437bbb–7"
heading: "Accountability"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/1437bbb-7"
units:
  - "Chapter 8 — Low-Income Housing"
  - "Subchapter II–B — Home Rule Flexible Grant Demonstration"
---

# §1437bbb–7. Accountability

- (a) **Maintenance of records—** Each [participating jurisdiction](/usc/42/1437bbb–8.md?p=2) shall maintain such records as the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) may require to—
  - (1) document the amounts received by the [jurisdiction](/usc/42/1437bbb–8.md?p=1) under this chapter and the disposition of such amounts under the demonstration program under this subchapter;
  - (2) ensure compliance by the [jurisdiction](/usc/42/1437bbb–8.md?p=1) with this subchapter; and
  - (3) evaluate the performance of the [jurisdiction](/usc/42/1437bbb–8.md?p=1) under the demonstration program under this subchapter.
- (b) **Reports—** Each [participating jurisdiction](/usc/42/1437bbb–8.md?p=2) shall annually submit to the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) a report in a form and at a time specified by the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2), which shall include—
  - (1) documentation of the use of amounts made available to the [jurisdiction](/usc/42/1437bbb–8.md?p=1) under this subchapter;
  - (2) any information as the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) may request to assist the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) in evaluating the demonstration program under this subchapter; and
  - (3) a description and analysis of the effect of assisted activities in addressing the objectives of the demonstration program under this subchapter.
- (c) **Access to documents by Secretary and Comptroller General—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any duly authorized representative of the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) or the Comptroller General, shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records maintained by a [participating jurisdiction](/usc/42/1437bbb–8.md?p=2) that relate to the demonstration program under this subchapter.
- (d) **Performance review and evaluation—**
  - (1) **Performance review—** Based on the performance standards established under [section 1437bbb–5(b)(4) of this title](/usc/42/1437bbb–5.md?p=b-4), the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) shall monitor the performance of [participating jurisdictions](/usc/42/1437bbb–8.md?p=2) in providing assistance under this subchapter.
  - (2) **Status report—** Not later than 60 days after the conclusion of the second year of the demonstration program under this subchapter, the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) shall submit to Congress an interim report on the status of the demonstration program and the progress each [participating jurisdiction](/usc/42/1437bbb–8.md?p=2) in achieving the purposes of the demonstration program under [section 1437bbb of this title](/usc/42/1437bbb.md).

## Source credit

(Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 896, title IV, § 408, as added Pub. L. 105–276, title V, § 561, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2623.)