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CED-76-142 1 (1976-08-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaakv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: g UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE <1eccU ~WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548093V COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION B-114860 AUG 25 1976 The Honorable John V. Tunney United States Senate Dear Senator Tunney: In accordance with your May 14, 1976, request, and later agreements reached with your office, enclosed is a historical summary of the efforts made by our Office, the Congress, and various other governmental and nongovernmental organizations to enhance the efficiency of certain housing programs the Federal Government administers by consolidating functions re- lated to housing and improving coordination among agencies. This summary centers on the housing activities of the Depart- ment of Housing and Urban Development; the Veterans Adminis- tration; and the Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture. The Federal Government's role in housing has developed incrementally over many years. Each Federal program is based on specific public laws enacted by the Congress in response to public concern about specific housing problems. The diversity of the Federal'Government's interests in housing places some limits on the extent to which its role can be simplified. The summary focuses on those areas of interagency duplication, lack of coordination, and inconsistency of policies and procedures, which have been identified as problems in past examinations and published reports as well as on the outcomes of various recommendations which have been made from time to time to re- duce or eliminate such problems. Relatively few of the legislative or executive recommendations for consolidation or improved coordination of the three agencies' housing activities have been implemented and none of the proposed functional consolidations has taken place. In many cases, the agencies have not agreed with the recommendations made by our Office and others and have argued _-7 -7CED-76-142

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