Housing and Urban Development: Reform and Reinvention Issues (Testimony,
03/14/95, GAO/T-RCED-95-129).

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) suffers from
severe organizational and managerial problems that it is still in the
early stages of addressing.  Because HUD's problems involve large
federal loan commitments and discretionary spending, controlling the
agency's spending will require the reexamination of federal housing and
community development policies and HUD's mission.  This testimony
focuses on (1) long-standing management shortcomings at HUD and the
agency's progress in addressing them; (2) problems that HUD and Congress
face in public and assisted housing programs, which account for the bulk
of HUD's outlays; (3) the challenges that HUD faces in restructuring its
programs and mechanisms for delivering them; and (4) fundamental
questions that should be answered in considering future housing and
community development policies.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-RCED-95-129
     TITLE:  Housing and Urban Development: Reform and Reinvention Issues
      DATE:  03/14/95
   SUBJECT:  Internal controls
             Public housing
             Management information systems
             Federal agencies
             Community development programs
             Public administration
             Rent subsidies
             Real property
             Low income housing
             Federal aid for housing
IDENTIFIER:  HUD Reinvention Blueprint
             HUD Section 8 New Housing Construction Program
             HUD Section 8 Substantial Rehabilitation Program
             Community Opportunity Fund
             Community Development Block Grant
             
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