United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2000-11-08 monographic deposited born digital 21 p. GA 1.13:GAO-01-109 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-109 P0b002ee1803733df f:d01109 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-109 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-109 GAO-01-109 Public housing Data integrity Housing programs Rental housing Building inspection Building codes Quality assurance Statistical data Statistical methods Letter Report The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) created the Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) to conduct physical inspections of HUD's public and multifamily housing properties to determine whether the properties are safe, decent, and in good repair. Although REAC uses sampling to select units and buildings for inspection, it did not, at the time of GAO's review, routinely calculate the sampling error associated with the physical condition score assigned to each property. Under REAC's sampling procedure, buildings and units do not always have the same chance of being included in the inspection sample. REAC officials told GAO that they were introducing new sampling procedures that would nearly equalize the chance that each property's dwelling units would be selected. The actions that HUD is proposing should address that. GAO's concerns about HUD's sampling procedures. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-109/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-109.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-109/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-109.pdf GAO-01-109 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-109 Letter Report GAO-01-109; HUD Inspections: Steps Needed to Address Uncertainty in; Public housing Data integrity Housing programs Rental housing Building inspection Building codes Quality assurance Statistical data Statistical methods