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 2000-11-09 monographic deposited born digital 57 p. GA 1.13:GAO-01-94 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-94 P0b002ee1803a11c6 f:d0194 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-94 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-94 GAO-01-94 Public housing Performance measures Housing programs Public administration Federal property management Quality assurance Technical assistance Sanctions HUD Working Capital Fund HUD Public Housing Assessment System Letter Report

In an effort to improve its oversight of housing agencies, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) implemented its Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS). PHAS provides HUD with a system to measure the performance of its housing agencies. GAO found that the effectiveness of HUD's ability to measure housing agencies' performance under PHAS has not been greatly improved for several reasons. First, HUD does not verify the accuracy of self-certified data submitted by the agencies in response to PHAS requirements. According to GAO's survey, in several instances, agencies that certified themselves as standard or high performers were later found to be troubled. Second, HUD's filed offices indicated that they are adequately prepared in certain areas to assist troubled housing agencies but that in other areas, such as adequate staffing, they are not. Further, HUD's experience indicated that the use of sanctions against poor performing agencies can be an effective tool for improving performance, but that most of its field offices fail to use them. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-94/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-94.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-94/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-94.pdf GAO-01-94 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-94 Letter Report GAO-01-94; Public Housing: HUD Needs Better Information on Housing; Public housing Performance measures Housing programs Public administration Federal property management Quality assurance Technical assistance Sanctions HUD Working Capital Fund HUD Public Housing Assessment System Title 31 Chapter 7501 31 U.S.C. Chapter 7501 Title 42 Section 1437g 42 U.S.C. 1437g Public Law 105-276