United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1993-09-30 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:RCED-93-182 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-93-182 P0b002ee18038d19f f:rc93182 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-RCED-93-182 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-93-182 RCED-93-182 Surplus federal property Property disposal Real estate sales Housing programs Low income housing Public assistance programs Foreclosures Non-profit organizations Information disclosure Homelessness Colorado Florida Texas California Georgia Virginia HUD Single Family Property Disposition Homeless Initiative VA Shelter for Homeless Veterans Through Acquired Property Sales Program FmHA Homes for the Homeless Program RTC Affordable Housing Disposition Program HUD Supportive Housing Demonstration Program Delaware Hawaii Maine South Dakota Vermont Wyoming Michigan Mississippi Oklahoma Louisiana Alabama HUD Section 8 Housing Assistance Program Chapter Report RCED The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Farmers Home Administration, and the Resolution Trust Corporation have all developed procedures for choosing properties from their inventories for sale or lease to nonprofit groups that assist the homeless. Through fiscal year 1992, the four agencies had sold about 560 single family properties and leased nearly 2,000 to homeless groups on terms more favorable than offered to the general public. HUD accounted for more than 90 percent of this activity. At the time of these transactions, the four agencies had nationwide inventories of about 41,000 other single family properties available for purchase and 4,000 available for lease. Homeless groups see a great need for, and are interested in acquiring, federal foreclosed properties, but only about five percent of those in GAO's national survey had done so. GAO found lack of information to be the main barrier for organizations that had not participated in the agencies' programs. Organizations face additional barriers once they obtain enough information and decide to participate. Those participating in HUD's program overwhelmingly cited the costs they were expected to pay and difficulty in getting funding from federal and other sources as the main roadblocks to their acquiring more property. Although these groups find multifamily housing useful, they have obtained almost none from the four programs. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-93-182/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-93-182.htm GAO/RCED-93-182 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-93-182 Chapter Report GAO/RCED-93-182; Homelessness: Information on and Barriers to Assistance Programs Providing Foreclosed Property; Surplus federal property Property disposal Real estate sales Housing programs Low income housing Public assistance programs Foreclosures Non-profit organizations Information disclosure Homelessness Colorado Florida Texas California Georgia Virginia HUD Single Family Property Disposition Homeless Initiative VA Shelter for Homeless Veterans Through Acquired Property Sales Program FmHA Homes for the Homeless Program RTC Affordable Housing Disposition Program HUD Supportive Housing Demonstration Program Delaware Hawaii Maine South Dakota Vermont Wyoming Michigan Mississippi Oklahoma Louisiana Alabama HUD Section 8 Housing Assistance Program Public Law 100-77 Public Law 100-198 Public Law 100-628 Public Law 101-73 Public Law 101-625 Public Law 101-645 Public Law 102-550 Public Law 102-590