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Federally Assisted Housing: Condition of Some Properties Receiving Section 8 Project-Based Assistance Is Below Housing Quality Standards: T-Rced-9

Federally Assisted Housing: Condition of Some Properties Receiving Section 8 Project-Based Assistance Is Below Housing Quality Standards: T-Rced-9

U. S. Government Accountability Office (.

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General Political Science

Publisher Price: $15.75

ISBN10: 1289110662
ISBN13: 9781289110666
Publisher: Bibliogov
Published: Jun 27 2013
Pages: 34
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.07 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
GAO discussed the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) section 8 project-based assisted housing programs, focusing on: (1) whether section 8 subsidized properties meet HUD housing quality standards; (2) whether HUD is effectively using its enforcement tools to ensure that the assisted properties are adequately maintained; and (3) actions HUD or Congress could take to resolve poorly maintained properties. GAO noted that: (1) some section 8 properties violate HUD housing quality standards, but HUD does not know the full extent of properties in poor physical condition; (2) rents for some distressed section 8 properties are equal to or exceed those of better maintained properties in the same area; (3) HUD has used its enforcement tools sparingly or inconsistently because of poor management information systems, the lack of staff, and ineffective oversight of subsidized properties; (4) more severe enforcement of housing standards could displace poor tenants and expose HUD to significant additional costs and the loss of appropriated funds; (5) although HUD has initiatives underway to overcome some limitations in its section 8 enforcement, it does not have an immediate action plan to assist tenants at the most severely distressed properties or to improve living conditions at other properties; and (6) legislative proposals provide HUD with greater flexibility in dealing with section 8 properties, but their interaction with existing laws raise implementation issues.

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