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Rental Housing: Serving the Elderly Through the Section 8 Program

RCED-93-12FS Published: Mar 29, 1993. Publicly Released: Apr 15, 1993.
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GAO provided information on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Section 8 housing programs, which are administered by public housing agencies (PHA), focusing on: (1) demographic characteristics of program beneficiaries; (2) the quality of housing rented by elderly voucher recipients; and (3) proportion of income beneficiaries paid for rent.

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Disadvantaged personsDisposable personal incomeElderly personsHousing for the elderlyHousing programsLow income housingPopulation statisticsRent subsidiesRental housingWomen