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109141 1 (1979-04-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacxsk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I ONuq UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 aN omAr GOV3RW animaS .APR 19 9 Mr. Elijah 8. Rogers City Administrator of the District of Columbia District of Columbia Government gl/670060A Dear Mr. Rogers: We have terminated our survey of the District's housing activities, including the Community Development Block Grant program, because our continued work would duplicate a review planned by the Department of Housing and Urban Development A4 (gy (HUD). In a recent letter to the Mayor, HUD's Washington,/'I D.C., Area Office manager stated that during the next several months his office planned to review in detail the District's housing activities. Although our survey was limited, we concluded that deficiencies we reported in 1975 still exist and, if not corrected, will continue to hinder progress in correcting housing inadequacies. Also, we found other weaknesses which should receive attention to improve program performance. For example, the loss in buying power of Community Development Block Grant money left idle during the first 3 program years in only 4 of the approximately 50 subprograms was more than $900,000. Further, the ratio of nonprogram costs to program costs seems high. During the first 3 program years nonpro- gram costs accounted for almost 44 cents of every dollar spent. Improvement is needed in identifying and solving the housing problems in the city. According to the available statistical data, a serious housing problem exists because of substandard conditions. Of 267,600 units, 23,233 are substan- dard; from January 1975 to September 1978, the Department of Housing and Community Development had completed or had begun construction on 3,1 new housing units. From July 1975 to September 1978, 2,885 existing units were rehabilitated or under rehabilitatioh construction. Also, the absence of a clear-cut housing program could cause loss of Federal funds and unnecessary increased costs because of delays in building or rehabilitating housing units. nunll. 109141 q7 ~5t 11 1.6.

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