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Date Nov. 13, 1979 Report No. CED-80-3 Title

Urban Homesteading: A Good Program Needing Improvement

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THEUNITEDSTATES Urban Homesteading: A Good Program Needing Improvement Declinin urban neighborhoods are being revived by a omesteading whereby an abandoned house is iven to a homesteader who must fix it up anI!! live there for a certain number of years in order to receive title to the house. The program holds promise but some improvements are neede...
Date Nov. 7, 1979 Report No. CED-80-2 Title

Housing: Serving a Broader Economic Range of Families in Public Housing Could Reduce Operating Subsidies

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITED STATES Serving A Broader Economic Range Of Families In Public Housing Could Reduce Operating Subsidies The financial condition of some agencies providing housing assistance to low-income families continues to deteriorate despite Federal legislation enacted 5 years ago to counteract this trend. Providing housing for a broader economic ...
Date Nov. 1, 1979 Report No. CED-80-23 Title

Natural Resources: Use of Other Federal Grant-In-Aid Programs To Meet the Local Matching Requirement of the Land and Water Conservation Fund

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION 110750 B-176823 The Honorable Robert Duncan House of Representatlves Dear Mr. Duncan: November 1, 1979 Subject: /se of Other Federal Grant-In-Aid Programs to Meet the Local Matching Requirement of the Land and Water Conservation Fund(CED-80-23). p On September 12, 1979, you requested a listin...
Date Sept. 25, 1979 Report No. 110447 Title

Economic Development: SBA's Small Business Development Center Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OFFICE FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. DST TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1979 STATEMENT OF JOHN LANDICHO, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SELECT sE!-m COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS UNITED STATES SENATE ON SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER PROGRAM I : OPERATIONS OF THE SMALL (b; MR. CHAIRMAN AND M...
Date July 24, 1979 Report No. CED-79-113 Title

Housing: Selected Operations of Three Small Business Development Centers

COMMllNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DIVISION JULY 24, 1979 B-114835 The Honorable Joseph M. McDade Ranking Minority Member Committee on Small Business House of Representatives Dear Mr. McDade: a In an April 23, 1979, letter, you requested that we examine certain operations of the Small Business Administration's (SBA's) program for Small Business Deve.1opmen.t.C,entersr-p ‘(SBDCs) at California S...
Date June 14, 1979 Report No. 109676 Title

Social Services: Dissolution of the Greater Los Angeles Community Action Agency

UN I TED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTI NG OFF I CE Washington, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 9:15 a.m. PDT Thursday, June 14, 1979 in Los Angeles, Calif. STATEMENT OF PHILIP A. BERNSTEIN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES 0 IV IS ION BEFORE THE SUBCX)MMf TTEE ON MAWOWER AND HI)US ING 1 6 - HOUSE COf+lITTEE ON G0VERNM.ZN-T OPERATIONS DlSSOLUTlON OF THE GREATER LOS ANGELES CX)MMUNTY ACT I O...
Date June 11, 1979 Report No. HRD-79-91 Title

Income Security: Decisive Government Action Needed To Resolve Problems of Community Action Programs in Los Angeles

REPORTBY THE OF THE UNITEDSTATES I rn The Greater Los Angeles Community Action 1% Agency, a community nonprofit organization supported primarily with Federal funds, had serious management and fiscal difficulties for most of its 5-year existence. The absence of clear guidance and decisive intervention by the Community Services Administration contributed to these problems. In December 1978 the agenc...
Date June 4, 1979 Report No. CED-79-89 Title

Natural Resources: Land and Water Conservation Fund Assistance for the Pioneer Courthouse Square Project

B-176823 The Honorable Sidney R. Yates Chairman, Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: JUNE 4, 1979 Your February 2, 1979, letter requested that we review the propriety of Land and Water Conservation Fund assistance for the Pioneer Courthouse Square Project, Portland, Oregon. You later sent us a copy of Congressman Dun...
Date April 27, 1979 Report No. CED-79-50 Title

Housing: Should the Appalachian Regional Commission Be Used as a Model for the Nation?

OF THEUNITEDSTATES Should The Appalachian Regional Commission Be Used As A Model For The Nation? \ The Appalachian Regional Commission program is an experiment to see whether effective policy and plans can be made for the economic, social, and environmental growth and development of Appalachia. The Commission considers its program a model for the Nation and recommends the concept be expanded to a ...
Date Jan. 16, 1979 Report No. PAD-79-43 Title

Housing: Early Sales of Section 8 Housing

CoMPTROLJ.ER QEIWRAL W~INQTON. OF TIM D.C. UNITED STA- 2054@ B-171 ,630 The Honorable Williafn Proxmire Chairman, Committee on Banking Housing and Urban Affairs sEla/co76~’ United States Senate HI 108394 I Dear Mr. Chairman: Office A~~,~:,~J The Program Analysis Division of the General Accounting is currently performing a study of alternative financing mechanisms for subsidized housing productio...
Date July 12, 1977 Report No. CED-77-91 Title

Employment: Alleged Discrimination in Insuring Profit-Making Multifamily Housing Projects

DOCUMENT RESUME 02.56 - [A1993063] (Restricted) [Alleged Discrimination in Insuring Profit-Making Multifamily Housing Projects]. CED-77-91; B-164855. Jujy 12, 1977. 5 pp. Report to Rep. Ronald V. Dellums; by Elmer Bo Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Non-Discrimination and Equal Opportunity Programs: Discrimination in Housing (1006); Domestic Housing and Community Development: Housing foL L...
Date June 29, 1977 Report No. 102634 Title

Government Operations: Economic Feasibility of the District of Columbia's Proposed Civic Center

DOCUMENT RESUME 02634 A1872912] Economic Feasibility of the District of Columbia's Proposed Civic Center. June 29, 1977. 7 pp. Testimony before the Senate Committee on Appropriations: District of Columbia Subcommittee; by Victor L. Lowe, Director, General Government Div. Issue Area: Federal rocurement of Goods and SeLvices (19001. Contact: General Govsrnimnt Div. Budget Function: Genera] Governmen...
Date Sept. 1, 1976 Report No. HRD-76-112 Title

Health: Operation of the Emergency Food and Medical Services Program

u REPORT 8 EiVERAL COMPTROLL QF THE UNITED STATES Operation Emergent Medical Community Services gram Administration The Emergency Food and Medical Services Program was established to counteract starvation and malnutrition among those segments of the poor difficult to reach through other Federal programs. The Community should Services Adminstration --develop better data on the population served by ...
Date July 6, 1976 Report No. 089542 Title

Health: Nebraska's Efforts To Provide Alternatives to Institutional Care for the Mentally Disabled

NEBRASKA'S EFFORTS TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES TO INSTITUTIONAL FOR THE MENTALLY DISABLED CARE Kansas City Regional Department of Health, Office Education, and Welfare Caring rather lives In Its for the mentally disabled in the community than State mstltutlons can improve their Nebraska has made conslderable progress efforts to provide community care If mentally disabled persons in Nebraska are to ach...
Date March 31, 1976 Report No. GGD-76-7 Title

Economic Development: Small Business Administration's Local Development Company Loans Are Making Capital Available--But Other Aims Are Often Subverted

REPORT TO BY THE COMPTROLL OF THE UNITED STATES IllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlI LM099398 The Small Business Administration’s Local, Development Company Loans Are Making Capital AvailableBut Other Aims Are Often Subverted Community participation deemed essential to the program’s success often has not been obtained, and the program’s economic impact has been substantially less than th...
Date March 29, 1976 Report No. RED-76-87 Title

Housing: HUD Distribution of Discretionary Grant Funds to Western Missouri Nonmetropolitan Communities in Fiscal Year l975

B-171630 MAR 29 1976 . _ ! The Honorable Jerry Litton House of Representatives Dear Mr. Litton: 4-q As requested in your October 9, 1975, letter, we reviewed the imp!cmcnting guidelines and other criteria the Department of Dousing and Urban Development (HUD) used in @@D B. discretionary grant funds to weste n Missouri nonmetropol I tsn COWlUnitieS in fiscal year 1975 #.7 We made our review at HUD ...
Date March 8, 1976 Report No. RED-76-77 Title

Government Operations: Review of Rehabilitation Loan Programs in Chicago and San Francisco

-. UNITED STATESGENERALACCCNJNTING OFFICE WAOHiNcXON, US. 2G548 #LQQUnCYB BLWLItPPMtiNT AND KCONQMIC OIVIBIOY MAR8 R-171500 1976 The ilenor able of Housing Development and The Secretary js-g-d Gad?3 Urban GAO has reviewed HUD‘s rehabilits+ion loan programs in to see whether (1) the proqr;ims Chicago and S.n Francisco are reaching property owners of low an.1 moderate incomes and/or limited econom...
Date Dec. 18, 1975 Report No. RED-76-50 Title

Information Management: Information on the New Community of Soul City, North Carolina

COMPTROLLEoutNing : : ubyOF ffie O ' ~~" : 'O~,o0~ T oins thieresults o A' COMPTROLLER GENERAL 'OF THE UNITED STATES THE UNITED STA TESm: Information On tOf Soul City, North Carlina Carolina--the project's history;,current status; 'This report contains the results of GAO's review of the financing and operations of the new commu nity of Soul City, North Carolina--the project's history; current stat...
Date Dec. 18, 1975 Report No. RED-76-52 Title

Information Management: Information on the New Community of Soul City, North Carolina

·T TiDr-. Meeot to:b. released S~tr:~':A:\g-' :':? ' is-: b' -c o f :fo :_. 1 S4 'Ito~ REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Information On The New Community Of Soul City, North Carolina Multiagency This report contains the results of GAO's review of the f'incing and operations of the new communlly of Soul City, North Carolina--the project's history; current status; and sources a...
Date Dec. 9, 1975 Report No. OPA-76-10 Title

Agriculture and Food: Analysis of the Subcommittee's Public Opinion Survey of the Farmers Home Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture

‘C lllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllll LM096897 BY Office of Program of the AnaDysis U.S. General Accounting Office i OPA-76 10 crx. 911975 , TABLE OF CONTENTS --------!z!ze Highlights Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Charter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Appendix . . . . . . . . . ..*.............*................... 1. Public Opinion Survey of Farmers Home Administration . . . . . ...
Date Oct. 20, 1975 Report No. 089383 Title

Housing: Housing Issues Which Need Consideration by the District Government

UNITED STATES GENEH~L AcCOIJ’~~TING .OFfXE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 . QLNERAL GOVERNMENT DWISIOM AtCT 2 0 1975 :- * I Mr. Julian R. Dugas City Administrator District of Columbia Dear Mr. Dugas: Government i c The General Accounting Office has been surveying the housing activities in the District of Columbia Government to (1) ascertain if the District’s “housing problem” is adequately defined...
Date March 19, 1975 Report No. RED-75-340 Title

Housing: Weaknesses in Administration of the Program To Correct Defects in Housing Insured Under the Section 235 Program

REPORT TO THE CQNGRESS -:-- 970 0 fy 111111111111 llllllllllllIll IllIIIIIIIIIlI LM097084 Weaknesses In Administration Of The Program To Correct Defects In Housing Insured Under The Section 235 Program Department of Housing and Urban Development BYTHECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OFTHE UNITED STATES RED-75-340 MARCH19J975 . COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES 20548 B-114860 cI /I / To t...
Date Nov. 15, 1974 Report No. B-170971 Title

Getting the New Communities Program Started: Progress and Problems

Department of l-lousing and Urban Development COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES 20848 B-170971 To the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This is our report on the progress and problems in getting the new communities program started. The program is administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. We made our re...
Date March 26, 1974 Report No. B-177392 Title

Government Operations: Review of Selected Activities of Regional Commissions

: Appalachian Regional Commission c Four Corners Regional Comrnission 0. ‘: />New England Regional Commission ;0zarks Regional Commission ;; ,:? d’ i . COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF THE UNITED 2.0548 STATES D.C. B-177392 The Honorable Jennings Randolph Chairman, Committee on Public Works United States Senate 5 38i:" ',? "'Dear Mr. Chairman: P As you requested on January 22, 1973, we have ...
Date July 27, 1973 Report No. 088987 Title

Economic Development: Review of the Economic and Financial Feasibility of New Community Development Projects

UNITED STATESGENERALACCWNTHG OFFICE 1 WASk-iINGTON, DC 20548 \\ RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DWISION AIL 2 7 9973 The Honorable Clifford W Graves Acting Asslstant Secretary for Community Plannrng and Development Department of Housing and Urban Development Dear Mr Graves The General Accounting Offlce 1s revlewlng certain areas of the New Community Development Program Our work 1s currently und...
Date July 12, 1973 Report No. 088989 Title

Employment: Review of Manpower Services Provided by Four Community Action Agencies

UNITED STATESGENERAUCC~UNT~NGOFFICE i'VASHINGTON,DC 20548 MANPOWER AND DIVISION WELFARE JUL I2 1973 Mr. Bert Gallegos Acting Deputy Dlrector Offlce of Economic Opportunity Dear Mr. Gallegos: four of CAAs as We have reviewed the manpower services provided by community action agencies (CAAs)--located in the States Callfornla, Massachusetts, Mlsslsslppl, and Texas. The were funded by the Office of Ec...
Date April 9, 1973 Report No. 094538 Title

Housing: Housing Subsidy and Community Development Programs Administered by HUD and USDA

UNITED STATESGENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, C. 20548 D. FOR RELEASEON DELIVERY EXPECTED 10:00 AM EST AT MONDAY,APRIL 9, 1973 STATEMENT OF ELMERB. STAI1TS, COMPTROLLER GENERAL THE UNITED STATES OF BEFORETHE : SUBCOMMITTEE HOUSINGAND URBANAFFAIRS ON OF THE COMMITTEE BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBANAFFAIRS ON UNITED STATESSENATE ON HOUSINGSUBSIDYAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ADMINISTEREDBY THE...
Date March 18, 1973 Report No. 094556 Title

Special Publications: Federal Action and the People in Our Cities

Date Feb. 2, 1973 Report No. 093916 Title

Economic Development: Examination Into Selected Aspects of the Neighborhood Development Program

RESOURCES ANU DMELOXv5ENT ECONO?A DIWSION fC lllllllllllllllllllllllllllsllllllllllllllllll LM093916 Dear Mr. Hyde: The General Accounting Office has examined into certain aspects of the Neighborhood Development Program (NDP) administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Our review was primarily directed at ascertaining whether the designated NDP areas would be renewed mor...
Date Jan. 10, 1973 Report No. 089487 Title

Education: Certain Weaknesses in the Administration of the Neighborhood Youth Corps Out-of-School Project in Cleveland, Ohio

WC have cwipLeted a survey of the Cleveland Neighborhood Youth Corps 9ut~-0i-sd~ool ~,roject (CNYC) in Cleveland, Ohio, &,Lt!~ough we found some improvements in project administration since the rcsuh.ts of our last review were: reported to the Congress (1~163096, :~'iorch 15, WGk$ certain project activities need further This rcpo~-l-1: deals with Department of Labor monitoring i111proven:er,t D ac...
Date June 21, 1972 Report No. B-174396 Title

Social Services: Examination of Certain Activities of the Community Relations-Social Development Commission in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Certain Activities unity Relations-S ommission In unty, Wisconsin Office of Economic Opportunity 8.174396 BY OF QLLER GENERAL STATES B-174396 I. . : !;JI . Dear Mr. Reuss : This is our report on our examination into six charges of questionable practices regarding the conduct of programs by the Community Relations-Social Development Commission in >,‘gcf7 ,“/.~__ . .. M~~)?raukek-~~nt’y.‘-~~...
Date Jan. 19, 1972 Report No. B-171949 Title

Financial Management: Financial and Management Activities of the Jackson-Clay Community Action Group, Incorporated, Manchester, Kentucky

Office of Economic Opportunity Department of Health, Education, Department of Labor COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF 0.C. THE UNITED 20548 STATES B-171949 ,\ Dear Senator Cook: This is our report on financial and management activities of the ,I, : *, ^’ Community Action Group, Incorporated, Manchester, \J ac k:son-clay (9-C j a- Kentucky, which were funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity...
Date Sept. 2, 1971 Report No. 092586 Title

Financial Management: Administration of the Water and Sewer Facilities Grant Program by HUD

UNITED STATESGENERALACCOUNTINGOFFICE WASHINGTON. DC 20548 9 %2-e pw 5iiske$ o+~ ,, CIVIL DIVISION SEP - 2 1 Dear Mr. Hyde: our current reviews of community development programs of of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) we noted certain matters relative to the administration of the Water and Sewer Facihties These matters Grant Program which we wish to bring to your attention. concern the need for H...
Date Aug. 25, 1971 Report No. 092589 Title

Health: Collection of Third-Party Payments for Medical Services Provided to Model Neighborhood Residents

.L ‘-’ r’.‘lL DlVlSlON I UMTEDSTATES GENERAL WASHINGTON. ACCO~JNTING D C 20548 \ OFFiCE Dear Mr. Hyde During our review of the Model Cltles Program at selected locations, we noted certain weaknesses In the practices of City Demonstration Agencles (CDAs) relative to the colLectLon of payments from State agencies and private organlzatlons (generally referred to as third-party payments) for s...
Date July 16, 1971 Report No. 092600 Title

Financial Management: Financial Administration of Community Action Programs in Little Rock

D/XL ROOM AS REG IQNAL 500 1912 COMMERCE OFFICE STRKEZT DALLAS, TEXAS 75201 July 16, 1971 Mr James W Griffith DIrector, Southwest Region OPflce of Economic Opportunity 1100 Commerce Street Dallas, Texas 75202 Dear Mr. Griffith: The General Accounting Office has made a review of selected aspects of Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) funded programs carrxed out by the Economic Opportunity Agency o...
Date June 24, 1971 Report No. B-170214 Title

Financial Management: Financial and Management Activities of the Lummi Indian Business Council, Marietta, Washington

..- .-5 a % CD E a.3 w m .- 3 .6 3 m a rt .?- q - L Od COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON, OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES 20548 B-170214 Dear Senator Jackson: This is our report on the financial and management activities of the Lummi Indian Business Council, Marietta, Washington, funded primarily by the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Department of Commerce. Our review was made pursuant to your requ...
Date April 16, 1971 Report No. 093019 Title

Information Management: City Demonstration Agencies' Practices and Procedures for Collecting and Reporting Data on Model Neighborhood Projects

Umm STATES GENERAL WASHINGTON, WC~~UNTING D.C. 20548 OFFICE CIVIL DIVISION APR 16 7911 lllllllli lllilllllllllllllllllll 111111 Dear Mr. Hyde: LMO93019 The General Accounting Office, during a review of Federal agency coordination and participation in the Model Cities Program, noted certain matters relative to the city demonstration agencies' (CDAs) practices and procedures for collecting and repor...
Date April 8, 1971 Report No. 093020 Title

Government Operations: Disbursement of Model Cities Grant Fund

Date Jan. 9, 1970 Report No. B-167637 Title

Housing: HUD Projects Proposed for Construction Under the National Housing Act

COMPTROLLER ‘GENERAL WASHP4GTON OF TriE. 3,~iTED STATES 2 0 C 20548 'RELEASED Dear Mr. Long: Reference IS made to your telegram of July 30, 1969, and the letter Pfrommer of your offlce requestof September 19, 1969, from Mr, Christopher applications before the Federal ing us to review the mortgage Insurance Houslng Admlnistratlon (FHA), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), for two m...
Date Jan. 1, 1970 Report No. 091155 Title

Employment: GAO Seminar on Federal Manpower Programs

Date Nov. 13, 1969 Report No. B-168141 Title

Social Services: Transportation of New York City Antipoverty Program Members To Protest Cuts in Federal Poverty Funds

Dear Hr, Meskill: This Petter is in response to an informal request from Mr, Lewis D, Andrews of your staff on April 15, 1969, that the General Accounting Office inquire into whether Federal funds were used to transport members of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Youth In Action Community Corporation (Youth in Action) from New York, N.Y, to Washington, D, C., on April 14, 1969, rj-7w> to protest reductions ...
Date Jan. 1, 1969 Report No. 091173 Title

Special Publications: GAO Review of Economic Opportunity Programs

Date Sept. 21, 1967 Report No. B-161882 Title

International Affairs: Review of Projects in Colombia Showing Need for Improvements in Planning and Supervision

REPORT THE CONGRESS OF THE TO UNITED STATES REVIEW OF PROJECTSINCOLOMBIA SHOWING NEEDFOR IMPROVEMENTSIN PLANNINGAND SUPERVISION AGENCYFORINTERNATIONALDEVELQPMENT DEPARTMENTOFSTATE THE COMPTROLLER OF THE UNITED GENERAL STATES SEPTEMBER1967 COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON OF THE UNITED 20548 STATES 0 C B-161882 SEP 2 1 1967 c( / To the Speaker President of the Senate and the of the House of Represent...