Housing and Urban Development: HUD's Management Deficiencies, Progress on Reforms, and Issues for Its Future

GAO discussed progress that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has made in addressing serious management and budgetary problems, focusing on: (1) the long-standing management deficiencies that hamper HUD's effectiveness, progress made in addressing these problems, and the work remaining in the coming years; (2) the problems in HUD's assisted and public housing programs, which account for the largest portion of its outlays and a vast share of the budget authority HUD expects to need in the future; and (3) the need to achieve consensus on federal housing policy, HUD's mission, and the resources devoted to achieving that mission.