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 1996-04-22 monographic deposited born digital 14 p. GA 1.13:RCED-96-52 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-52 P0b002ee18038a120 f:rc96052 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-52 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-52 RCED-96-52 Property disposal Federal aid for housing Public utilities Property taxes Real estate sales Foreclosures Fines (penalties) Sewage disposal Delinquent taxes Administrative costs HUD Single Family Accounting Management System II HUD Single Family Property Disposition Program Illinois Letter Report RCED

GAO provided information on the unnecessary management expenses being incurred by the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Illinois State Office in its property disposition program.<p/>GAO found that: (1) there were two practices at the Illinois State Office that unnecessarily increased HUD management costs; (2) the office incurred $22,000 in unnecessary expenses when it continued to pay for water and sewer services for 60 vacant properties that were held in inventory for months before these properties were sold; (3) because the office did not pay property taxes on time, it lost three properties and incurred $62,000 in unnecessary expenses to recover the properties and pay the penalties and interest on the delinquent taxes; (4) the office's expenses to recover these properties were substantially higher than the amount it would have paid had it timely acted; and (5) the office could avoid having future tax liens and losing properties if it better tracked its unpaid taxes. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-52/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-52.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-52/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-52.pdf GAO/RCED-96-52 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-96-52 Letter Report GAO/RCED-96-52; Property Disposition: HUD's Illinois State Office Incurred Unnecessary Management Expenses; Property disposal Federal aid for housing Public utilities Property taxes Real estate sales Foreclosures Fines (penalties) Sewage disposal Delinquent taxes Administrative costs HUD Single Family Accounting Management System II HUD Single Family Property Disposition Program Illinois Title 31 Section 720 31 U.S.C. 720