HUD's FY 1998 Budget Request: Some Requests for Funding May Be Unnecessary

GAO discussed the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) fiscal year (FY) 1998 budget request, focusing on: (1) the estimates HUD used to develop its budget request for renewing Section 8 assisted housing contracts; (2) HUD's justification for 50,000 additional Section 8 certificates; (3) HUD's success in reducing the level of uncommitted public housing modernization funds held by housing authorities; and (4) HUD's request for $100 million to fund the second round of the Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community (EZ/EC) program.