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Date April 15, 1987 |
Report No. RCED-87-71 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office ) 32.83 3 . GAO
April 1987 Report to the Chairm&, l!kbcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives PUBLIC HOUSING Problems Experienced in Rehabilitating Two Projects in Glen Cove, New York GAO/RCED-87-71 c . GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Resources, Community, Economic Develo... |
Date Feb. 4, 1987 |
Report No. RCED-87-33 |
Title
4 L Report to the Honorable C.W. Bill Yowng,tHouse of Representatives lj’ebmwy 1987 PUBLIC HOUSING Conditions at the Laurel Park Project in St. Petersburg, Florida I - - -I_- ” _-“- --- -- -_-- --_---~--~ Gl.0 United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20648 Resources, Community, Economic Development
B-224861 and Division February 4, 198’7 The Honorable C. W. I3111 Young IIou... |
Date Oct. 3, 1986 |
Report No. RCED-87-21BR |
Title
, f ,United States General Accounting Office Briefing Report to the Honorable Pati1 S. Trible, Jr., United States Senate 13151 I * October 1986 FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE Relief to 1985Virginia Flood Victims-Process md Alternatives GAO/RCED-87-21BR GAO Uhited States General Accounting Washington, D.C. Resources, Economic Office 20548 and Division Community, Development B-224719 October 3, 1986 Th... |
Date Sept. 16, 1986 |
Report No. RCED-86-160 |
Title
United States -General Accounting Office GAO
September 1986 --C i I3\3Y3 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development Committee on Banking, Finance and * Urban Affairs House of Representatives . PUBLIC HOUSING Proposed’Saleof the I Allen Parkway Village Project in Houston, Texas Nllllllll Ill1 II
131343 September 16,1886 The Honorable Henry B. Gonzalez cw, 8uhtittee ... |
Date Dec. 20, 1985 |
Report No. RCED-86-71FS |
Title
I) 1, b United States General Accounting OfXice GAO
December 1985 Fact Sheet for the Chairman, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development, Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban AfTairs, House of Representatives PUBLIC HOUSING Modernization of the Allen Parkway Village Housing Project in Houston, Texas 128935 S;AO/RCED-86-71 FS 5341og Y I” UNITED STATES GENERAL
WASHINGTON, ACCOUNTtNG
D.C... |
Date Oct. 31, 1985 |
Report No. RCED-86-19 |
Title
BYTHEUS. GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE
Report To The Secretary Of Energy Low-Income Weatherization-Better Way )”bf Meeting Needs ‘In View Of Limited Funds
Federal grants for low-income weatherization programs totaled more than $2.5 billion between 1975 and 1985. States use the grants to weatherize low-income dwellings, thereby reducing residential fuel use. Currently, the main sources of federal fu... |
Date Sept. 30, 1985 |
Report No. NSIAD-85-134 |
Title
Report To The Honorable United States Senate Alan J. Dixon Wherry Housing Project Renovation At Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
The Air Force did not fully comply with the Defense Acquisition Regulation and Air Force implementing regulations in renovating the Wherry housing at Scott AFB, Illinois. The invitation for bids was issued before its required review by the Staff Judge Advocate’s office, ... |
Date March 29, 1985 |
Report No. RCED-85-93 |
Title
REPORTBY THEUS. General Accounting Office
Public Housing Vacancies And The Related Impact Of HUD’s Proposal To Reduce Operating Subsidies
The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) public housing program houses 3.4 mitlion lowincome people in 1.2 million housing units. These units are administered by over 3,000 public housing authorities (PHAs), which receive operating subsidi... |
Date July 11, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-148 |
Title
BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
Report To The Chairman, Committee Banking, Housing And Urban Affairs United States Senate On OF TtiE UNITEDSTATES
Rental Rehabilitation With Limited Federal involvement: Who Is Doing It? At What Cost? Who Benefits?
Over 34 percent of all families in the United States rely on rental housing for shelter; millions of these existing rental units, the only source of shelter f... |
Date June 22, 1982 |
Report No. 118737 |
Title
UYITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFiCE FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTEDAT 1O:OO A.M. TUESD4Y, JUUE 22, 1982 STATEMENTOF dERNER GROSSHANS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR PROWREMENT, LOGISTICS AND READINESS DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEEON LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY YOUSE COMMITTEEON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS . . Mr. Chairman, on Leglslatlon Defense's consolldatlon I am Pleased to appear before the Subcommit... |
Date April 15, 1982 |
Report No. CED-82-67 |
Title
REP< General Accounting Office
Duplicative And Unnecessary Renovations Made In The HUD-Subsidized Concord Commons Apartments In Rockford, Illi~nois i p
The Department of Housing and Urban Development insured a renovation loan of over 82 million at the Concord Commons apartment complex after having spent 81 million to renovate many of the same apartment units just 2 years earlier. The application f... |
Date April 8, 1982 |
Report No. 119780 |
Title
UNITEDSTATES GENERAL ACCOUNTJNG OFFICL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546 -0 CobdMUNlTY onaoCMc~~ AND KCONOMIC DWUDN --a Mr. Philip Abram/s General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing - Federal Housing Commissioner Department of Housing and Urban Development Dear Mr. Abrams: /‘Review of the adequacy of procedures % selecting Section 8 developers; I
119780 Subject: followed Our review of procedures follow... |
Date May 26, 1981 |
Report No. CED-81-40 |
Title
REPORTBY THE Us, General Accounting Office
New-Home Buyers And Federal Agencies Benefit From Improved Warranty Protection
insured warranties, which protect the newhome buyer if the builder does not take responsibility for faulty construction, now cover about 18 percent of all new houses built in the Nation. The Departments of Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development and the Veterans Administr... |
Date April 30, 1981 |
Report No. CED-81-76 |
Title
RELEASED outside the fbuerd prsrfulerr~ - Hot to be released Amounting Office excogt WI CAe basis of SfWdiC uppg*~d by the Office of Corngrewtwal WelaBisn~ BY THE COMPTl’?O~I FR GENERAL Report To The Ranking Minority Member Committee On Appropriations United States Senate
OF THE UNITED STATES The Community Development Block Grant Program Can Be More Effective In Revitalizing The Nation’s Citie... |
Date Feb. 19, 1981 |
Report No. CED-81-67 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 COMMUNITY DNUOPMLM AND EtONdMlC oIvIfiION B-167637 FEBRUARY 19,1981 The Honorable Samuel R. Pierce, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dear Mr. Secretary: Jr. lllllllllll llllll
114392 Subject: Being Taken To Collect OverbLllings f Actions and Improve Contracting Procedures at RUD’s Columbus Area and Cincinnati Service Office... |
Date May 15, 1980 |
Report No. EMD-80-59 |
Title
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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITEDSTATES m-v
l(23a3 Report ToThe Congress
Slow Progress And Uncertain Energy Savings In Program To Weatherize Low-Income Households
The Department of Energy’s Low-Income Weatherization Program could go a long way toward conserving energy and reducing the utility bills of people least able to afford them. However, the program has been hampered by -... |
Date March 11, 1980 |
Report No. PSAD-80-32 |
Title
Comptroller General
OF THE UNITED STATES Housing Renovation Project At MaImstrom Air Force Base The Air Force did not follow sound acquisition and contract administration practices on a $5.5 million housing renovation project at the Montana base. The contractor has claimed the Air Force owes an additional $1.9 million. A preliminary Air Force estimate shows that it could cost $1.9 million to corre... |
Date Dec. 7, 1979 |
Report No. CED-80-19 |
Title
BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL ti ” Report To The Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES Millions Of Dollars For Rehabilitating Housing Can Be Used More Effectively
Annually, as much as $240 million in Federal funds for housing rehabilitation assistance could be spent to better aIdvantage. Rehabilitation funds ate being used to --refinance home mortgages for housing rehabilitation, rather than --provide grants t... |
Date Nov. 13, 1979 |
Report No. CED-80-3 |
Title
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 June 11, 1979 |
Report No. B-132969 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERA
EUROPEAN AMCOUNTING OFFICE
RANCH INTERNATIONAL DIVISION 5 %AMIrICAN COINULAT OltNERAL APO NEW YORK 01717
Omec Or THm DTroro B-132969 June 11, 1979 General Frederick J. Kroesen Commander in Chief United States Arnty, Europe, APO U.S. Forces 09403 Dear General Kroesen: This report contains the results of our review of Army procurement pract-ices in Germany. the review included t... |
Date March 14, 1979 |
Report No. FGMSD-79-14 |
Title
REPORTBY THE U.S. General Accounting Office
Action Being Taken To Correct Weaknesses In The Rehabilitation Loan Program
The Department of Housing and Urban Development services and accounts for defaulted rehabilitation loans valued at over $53 million. In fiscal 1977 over $2 mill ion, or about 53 percent of the total amount due on the loans during the year, was not collected. This situation result... |
Date Sept. 26, 1978 |
Report No. 107432 |
Title
DOCUHRIT RESUME
07432 - [C2787889] Review of Recent Policy Changes in Managing and Disposing of HOD-Owned Multifamily Housing Projects September 26, 1978. 11 pp. Testimony before the Houb. Committee on Government Operations: Manpower and Housing Subccnmittee; by Henry Eschwegt. Director, community and Economic Development Div. Contact: Community and Economic Development Div. Organization Concerned... |
Date March 31, 1978 |
Report No. CED-78-63 |
Title
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Date March 13, 1978 |
Report No. CED-78-59 |
Title
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“REPORT BY THE LM105421 .
. Comptroller General
OF THEUNITED STATES The Federal Housing Administration Needs Clearer Criteria For Underwriting Single-Family Mortgage Insurance
In three Brooklyn neighborhoods, the Federai Housing Administration rejected applications for mortgage insurance during the initial screening process because the locations of th... |
Date July 27, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-97 |
Title
DOCUMENT EBSUHE
02855 - [A2093196] Need for Faicer Treatment of Homeowners' Cldims for Defects in Existinq Insured Hones. CED-77-97; B-114860. Jujy 27, 1977. 21 pp. + 2 appendices (5 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Domestic Housing and Community Development: Housing for Low and Moderate Income Families (2101); Domestic Housing and rcsmunity Develo... |
Date June 7, 1977 |
Report No. HRD-77-100 |
Title
DCCIUENT 027~4F - [A1672672' (Restricted) RESrU" [3peration Heatwave Proaram at Saston Community Action, Inc.]. HRD-77-100; B-163922. June 7, 1977. 1 pp. + enclosure (12 pp.). Report to Sen. General. Jesse Helms; by Elmer 9. Staats, Comptroller Issue Area: Income Security Programs: Program Effectiveness (1302) ; Energy: Federal Efforts to Conserve Energy (16C2) Contact: Human Pesources Div. Budget... |
Date June 3, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-66 |
Title
6-3-77 REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES llllilllllllll Ill1 Ill 11111111 llllllllll
LM102518 Poor Design Reviews And Construction Inspections Of Apartment Project In Rhode Island
Department of Housing and Urban Development Residents of the federally insured Rock Ridge Apartment project complained of widespread and serious problems. Most of these problems were caused by a comb... |
Date Jan. 5, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-20 |
Title
DOCIlMEAT RESUME 00548 - [AC090898 Effectiven-ss of the Builder's Warranty on New Houses with Mortqages Insured by HUD or Guaranteed by VA]. B-114860; CED-77-20. January 5, 1977. 8 pp. Report to Carla HiLlls, Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development; by Henry Eschwege, Director, Community and Economic Development Div. Issue Area: Domestic Housing and Community Development (2100). Con... |
Date Nov. 4, 1976 |
Report No. CED-76-158 |
Title
REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Homes In Santa Fe, New Mexico, Not Rehabilitated In -Accordance With Federal Requirements
Department of Housing and Urban Development
The Department and the Santa Fe Urban Development Agency did not prcgerly administer rehabilitation loan and grant programs in Santa Fe. As a result, some rehabilitated properties did not meet local standards an... |
Date May 7, 1976 |
Report No. 089602 |
Title
Hr. Julian R. Dlagas City Administrator District of Columbia Dear Mr. Dugas: The General Accounting Office has completed its ieview of activities in. the DistrictDs 14th Street urban renewal area. You were previous Ly provided with a copy of a report summarizing the results of our review which was issued to the Chairman, Subcommittee on the District of tZoluinbia, Senate Appropriations Committee a... |
Date March 19, 1975 |
Report No. RED-75-340 |
Title
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. 5, 1973 |
Report No. B-167790 |
Title
REPORTTOTHES COMMITTEEON VESTIGATIONS ANDREVIEW COMMITTEEONPUBLICWORKS HOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES Administrative Problems Experienced In Providing F dera I Assistance To Disaster Victims
6-767790 Federal Disaster Assistance Administration . Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of Transportation BYTHECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OFTHE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON, OF
D.C. THE UN... |
Date Nov. 5, 1973 |
Report No. B-178415 |
Title
i * ENCLOSURE B- t7g4ts Information On Federal Disaster Relief Programs
a-778475 Mu hagency BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Contents Page CHAPTER 1 2 INTRODUCTION MORE UNIFORMITY MAY BE NEEDED IN FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Differences in loan law Differences In admlnlstratlve treatment of dxsaster vlctlms Potential difference in fundlng hIghway repairs Differences In adml... |
Date July 16, 1973 |
Report No. 088988 |
Title
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Ga YWASHINGTON REGIONAL OFFICE
FIFTH FLOOR 803 WEST BROAD STREET
- FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA 22046 JUL16' 3 7 3
Mr. Harry Staller, Acting Area Director Dtstrict of Columbia Area Office Departmet of ibusing and Urban Developwent 1875 Connecticut Avenue, N. W.
Washingtons, D C. 20009 Dear Mr. Stallers The General Accounting Office is reviewing the Department of B... |
Date June 3, 1971 |
Report No. B-167655 |
Title
t Project In St. Louis
5-167655 Department of Housing and Urban Development BY THE CQMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMF’TROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON. OF THE UNITED
20548 STATES D.C. B-167655 Dear Mr. Clay: This is our report on weaknesses in planning and managing a housing code enforcement project in St. Louis, Missouri. This project was carried out under the code enforcement program admi... |
Date Feb. 12, 1971 |
Report No. 089344 |
Title
ROOM 1903 JOHN F KENNEDY GOVERNMENT FEDERAL CENTER BUILDING BOSTON,MASSACHU~~S 02203 Dear Mr. Barry: of mortgage insurance for the Housing and Urban Development The survey concerned the are designed to assure that economxcally sound and that adequate. the iOe have surveyed selected aspects rehabilltatlon of houszng projects at (HUD) Area Office, Boston, Massachusetts. HUD feasibility determination... |