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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
        WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


                          FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                          EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. EST
                          WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1981


                    HENRY ESCHWEGE, DIRECTOR
           COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                           BEFORE THE                          1149
           SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS,
         COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
                      UNITED STATES SENATE
                               ON

              GENERAL ACCOUNTING qFICE~RVESO
     THEA ?OWER INCOME RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRA.9($ ECTION __')


MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE:

     WE APPRECIATE BEING HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS THE OPPORTUNITIES

WHICH WE BELIEVE EXIST FOR REDUCING COSTS AND IMPROVING THE

RESULTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT'S

SECTION 8 HOUSING PROGRAM. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1974, WE HAVE

MADE A NUMBER OF REVIEWS OF THE PROGRAM. AN APPENDIX TO MY STATE-

MENT PRESENTS A LISTING OF 22 REPORTS WHICH WE HAVE ISSUED. MY

REMARKS TODAY WILL HIGHLIGHT THE PRINCIPAL FINDINGS AND RECOM-

MENDATIONS CONTAINED IN OUR MOST RECENT REPORTS. I WILL ALSO

COMMENT BRIEFLY ON SOME OF OUR ONGOING WORK.

     IN GENERAL, OUR WORK HAS SHOWN THAT THE SECTION 8 PROGRAM

HAS PROVIDED SAFE, DECENT, AND SANITARY HOUSING TO MANY LOWER

INCOME PERSONS' FURTHER, ,GIVEN THE HIGH CALIBER OF THE HOUSING

BEING PROVIDED, OUR WORK HAS SHOWN THAT DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATING

COSTS ARE GENERALLY REASONABLE AND INCENTIVES FOR THE PRODUCTION

OF THIS HOUSING ARE HIGH. OUR WORK HAS ALSO SHOWN, HOWEVER, THAT

SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD BE USED TO EXTEND


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