Urban Development Action Grants: Effects of the 1987 Amendments on Project Selection

Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO analyzed the effect of 1987 legislative changes desined to ensure fairness in the allocation, distribution, and use of Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) program funds, focusing on the: (1) distribution of funds among regions; (2) targeting of funds to cities and urban counties with high levels of economic distress; (3) number and types of projects that received the funds; (4) per-capita funding levels of each city, urban county, or community receiving UDAG funds; and (5) stimulation of maximum economic development activity.