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RCED-83-126 1 (1983-03-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmwv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RESOURCES. COMMUNITYM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT March 15, 1983 DIVISION B-211061 The Honorable Henry B. Gonzalez Chairman, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development 120954 Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Interim Report on GAO's Review of the Urban Development Action Grant Program (GAO/RCED-83-126) On February 10, 1983, we briefed your office on the pre- liminary results of our Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) Program review. At the request of your office, we are providing an interim report on major issues included in our review, in order that it can be used during the program's reauthorization process. The Housing and Community Development Act of 1977 author- ized the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assist severely distressed cities and urban counties in allevi- ating physical and economic deterioration. These local govern- ments receive economic development assistance through grants which are to be used to stimulate additional private investment and, therefore, economic growth. The legislation provided that 25 percent of available UDAG funds would be for small cities under 50,000 population and not central to a standard metro- politan statistical area. Our review focused in part on the UDAG Program's limited success in assisting most of the 10,161 eligible small cities. Overall, slightly less than 8 percent (783) of the eligible small cities have ever applied for a UDAG, while just over 4 percent (422) have been awarded one. These statistics are largely a reflection of the very low participation in UDAG by small cities with populations under 2,500. Within this popula- tion category are 80 percent (8,077) of the UDAG-eligible small cities. However, less than 1 percent (67) of these cities have been able to obtain UDAG financing. To find out why small city participation in UDAG has been low, we statistically sampled and conducted telephone interviews with the most distressed small cities of all population sizes. Among the reasons we found contributing to their low participation were lack of knowledge (384804)

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