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HUD Rental Assistance: Progress and Challenges in Measuring and Reducing Improper Rent Subsidies

GAO-05-1027T Published: Sep 27, 2005. Publicly Released: Sep 27, 2005.
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In fiscal year 2003, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) paid about $28 billion to help some 5 million low-income tenants afford decent rental housing. HUD has three major programs: the Housing Choice Voucher (voucher) and public housing programs, administered by public housing agencies, and project-based Section 8, administered by private property owners. As they are every year, some payments were too high or too low, for several reasons. To assess the magnitude and reasons for these errors, HUD established the Rental Housing Integrity Improvement Project (RHIIP). This testimony, based on a report issued in February 2005, discusses the sources and magnitude of improper rent subsidy payments HUD has identified and the steps HUD is taking to address them.

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Erroneous paymentsHousing programsInternal controlsLow income housingProgram evaluationProgram managementPublic assistance programsPublic housingRent subsidiesRental housing