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CED-78-21 1 (1978-02-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaawop0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT FESUMr 0L8 38 - [B03452191 Stronger Federal Enfofcements Needed To Uphold Fair HOuSDLn. Laws. CED-78-21; B-1648$5. February 2, 1978. 41 pp. + 6 appendices (22 pp.). heport to the Congress ; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Non-Discrialtation and Equal Opportunity Programs: Discrimination ini' tusiug (1006); Domestic Housing and Coamunity Development (2100). Contact: Community a'd economic DevelopLant Div. Budget Function: Comounlty and Regional Dere. pment (450); Agriculture (350 ,;_.eterans Benefits and Services: Veterans Housing (704). Orqanizdtion Concerned:*VDepartment of Justice; Veterans Administration; Department of Agriculture; Department if housing and UH:ban Dbvelopment. Congressional Rel,'vafice: House Committeu on Banhing, Fi:iance and Urban Aftairs; Senate committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Zonqress. Authority: Civil Rights Act of 1964 (P.L. 88-352). Civil Rights Act Df 1968, title- TIII (P.L. 90-284). Equal Credit Opportunity Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1691). Hcusing and Urban Development '.ct of 1969 (P.i. 91-152). Community Development Act of 1974. P.L. 93-383. 12 U.S.C. 1715. 42 U.S.C. 1437f. 42 U.S.C. 3608. Executive Order 11764. Fair housing activities of Federal agencir s are largely covered by two civil rightts acts. A review of the cospliance and enforcement dctivitiet of Federal housing agencies showed that their efforts have not been effective in identifying and eliminatinq discriminatory practices and seeking timely and appropriate settlements of complaints. Findings/Conclusions: Applicants seeking housing under the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) public housing and subsidized rental housing programs are not provided an equal opportunity on a first-come, first-serve basis as reccmmended by the agency's own title VI requlations. Applicants desiring a unit are allowed to refuse an unlimited numb er of uf ezc! units without being moved down on the list. Thisoccurs because public housing atthorities are not following the tenant selection plans, and subsidized rental housing prujecf.6 are not required to maintain such Flans. Although HUD arl Farueks Home Administration issued nearly identican.l title VI reulations which prohibit aegregatiozamong t~ose receiving ?edera=assistance, the regulations are not similarly implemented. 'e agency's efforts to resolve discrinination ccmplab.nos in the private sector have also been ineffective. GAO revieu_!% 332 complaints received by three regional offices and ,of)14 that the agency was unable to resolve 247 for lack of clear evidence of discimination. The agency was able to determine that discrimination occurred in 57 cases. 36 cases were resolved. *wnty-one of toe 36 complainantsreceived

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