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CED-81-130 1 (1981-06-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabcdh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC B5IVISION B-203 775 The Honorable Arlen Specter United States Senate Dear Senator Specter: June 25,1981 11 Il 111 1 115784 Subject: Analysis of HUD's May 4, 1981, Response Concerning Its Efforts to Alleviate Housing Abandonment (CED-81-130) In response to your January 26, 1981, request and as modified through subsequent discussions with your office, we have analyzed the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) May 4, 1981, response to your March 16, 1981, letter of inquiry concerning housing abandonment and HUD's efforts to alleviate the problem. Specifically, your questions and the HUD response focused on the following four subject areas: --Strategies for alleviating housing abandonment. --Laws and regulations which impede solutions to the abandonment problem. --Impact of HUD programs on housing abandonment. --Squatters in HUD-owned houses. These topics are discussed below along with comments from the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, concerning its views on HUD's efforts to solve housing abandonment problems within the city's jurisdiction. Also, we have included our observations concerning the information that may have to be obtained from HUD to determine whether its ongoing actions will be effective in satisfying your concerns about the housing abandonment problem. Our review was performed at HUD headquarters in Washington, D.C., and at its area office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We interviewed agency representatives at those locations and examined pertinent agency records, regulations, and handbooks. Also, we interviewed cognizant city of Philadelphia officials from the city's Office of Housing and Community Development and its Managing Director's Office. Our review was made during the period February to June 1981. j4e~~ // (385085) '12-i& / _::5 ___ r ~' .,,~ *~ ~a1 ~

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