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B-114860 1 (1976-08-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaagsl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: , .. . COMMUNrrY AND CCNOMC ,KVtLOP:rT tV W0V A', AUG 2 5 1976 B-114860 Te Honorable John V. Tunney Ci 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 efforzs made by our Office, the Congress, and various other governmental and nongovernmental organizations to enhance the efficiencv of certain housing programs the Federal Government administers by consolidating functions re- lated to housing and improving coordination among agencies. Phiin summar, centers on the nousina activities of the Depart- -o en t o u Houzing i:nd Urban Development; the Vt r:.n Adminis- Q 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. tne Federal Government's interests in housing places some limits on the extent to which its role can .e samolified. The summary focuses on those areas of interagency duplication, lack .or:coordination, and inconsistency of policies anu 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- dice or eliminate such problems. Pelitively few of the legislative or execjtive r.ecommendations for consolidation or improved coordination of t5he three agencies' housing activities have been implemented (ind none of the proposed functional consolidations has taken place. In many cases, the agencies have not agreed with the TecomMendations made by our Office and others and have argued :! CED-76-142 I0981 7,' Ii I...FMIT.YM

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