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111864 1 (1980-03-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacxsw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION The Honorable Lawrence B. Simons Assistant Secretary for Housing- Federal Housing Commissioner MAR 1 8 198b ~j~) U cf' Dear Mr. Simons: By letter dated August 3, 1979, we wrote to you expressing our concerns and making certain sugg stions about the evalua- tion being planned in connection wit the Department of Housing and Urban Development's public housing security demonstration programj a program authorized by the Public Housing Security Demonstration Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 1701). Your reply of October 18, 1979, described the actions being taken by the Department on our suggestions except for one issue--the number of project sites to be evaluated. t-A 111864 6 ;5 U In view of the actions being taken or planned by the Department we have decided not to continue with our review of public housing security measures and related crime and vandalism problems. The demonstration program, if successful, should provide a basis for the Departmental and legislative actions necessary to establish a comprehensive security program for public housing and to increase coordination between anti-crime programs of State and other Federal agencies. We have some further observations, and recommendations to make, however, based on our survey efforts to date, which may be helpful to the Department in improving public housing security. Our observations relate to (1) the matter brought to your atten- tion in our letter of August 3, 1979, regarding the number of project sites to be evaluated which your reply did not resolve; (2) the lack of staff assigned to direct the demonstration program; and (3) the need for an effective organization and funding mechanism to assure that the demonstration program results are acted upon by the Department to establish and main- tain an effective comprehensive security program for the Nation's public housing projects. NUMBER OF PROJECT SITES EVALUATED UNDER DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM The Department plans to evaluate program results at only 10 projects although awards will be made to about 39 projects 4 i , UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 -

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