Public Housing Scrutinized

It is important that HUD exercise sufficient oversight of housing agencies to help ensure that public housing funds are being used as intended and properly managed. - Courtesy of Center for Neighborhoods

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provided over $6.7 billion in fiscal year 2008 to housing agencies to operate, modernize, and develop about 1.2 million public housing units. HUD’s oversight of housing agencies should focus more on inappropriate use of program funds. – Courtesy of Government Accountability Office