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 2007-08-17 monographic deposited born digital 73 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-1012 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1012 P0b002ee180376815 f:d071012 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1012 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1012 GAO-07-1012 Eligibility determinations Housing programs HUD Tenant Rental Assistance Certification System Income statistics Low income housing Program evaluation Program management Public housing Rent policies Rental housing Veterans Veterans benefits Other Written Product A74709

Veterans returning from service in Iraq and Afghanistan could increase demand for affordable rental housing. Households with low incomes (80 percent or less of the area median income) generally are eligible to receive rental assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) housing choice voucher, public housing, and project-based programs. However, because rental assistance is not an entitlement, not all who are eligible receive assistance. In response to a congressional mandate, GAO assessed (1) the income status and demographic and housing characteristics of veteran renter households, (2) how HUD's rental assistance programs treat veteran status (whether a person is a veteran or not) and whether they use a veterans' preference, and (3) the extent to which HUD's rental assistance programs served veterans in fiscal year 2005. Among other things, GAO analyzed data from HUD, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Bureau of the Census, surveyed selected public housing agencies, and interviewed agency officials and veterans groups. GAO makes no recommendations in this report. VA agreed with the report's findings. HUD objected to the characterization in the report regarding HUD's policies on veteran status and program eligibility and subsidy amounts https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1012/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1012.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1012/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1012.pdf GAO-07-1012 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1012 Other Written Product GAO-07-1012; Rental Housing: Information on Low-Income Veterans' Housing Conditions and Participation in HUD's Programs; Eligibility determinations Housing programs HUD Tenant Rental Assistance Certification System Income statistics Low income housing Program evaluation Program management Public housing Rent policies Rental housing Veterans Veterans benefits Title 29 Section 2931 29 U.S.C. 2931 Title 38 Section 1805 38 U.S.C. 1805 Public Law 101-201 Public Law 104-204 Public Law 107-95 Title 24 Part 5.609 24 CFR Part 5.609