Affordable Rental Housing Assistance Is Provided by Federal, State, and Local Programs, But There Is Incomplete Information on Collective Performance

Download or read book Affordable Rental Housing Assistance Is Provided by Federal, State, and Local Programs, But There Is Incomplete Information on Collective Performance written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The federal government, states, and localities play a significant role in providing rental assistance and developing affordable rental housing for low-income households. This report (1) identifies the federal, state, and local government funded programs that provide rental assistance to low-income households and identifies indications of program fragmentation and overlap; (2) assesses the extent of intergovernmental collaboration for rental assistance; and (3) determines what is known about performance at the federal level, at selected state and local jurisdictions and for the collective performance of the levels of government providing rental assistance. GAO partnered with 25 state and local audit offices to design an audit plan that 6 participating audit offices conducted on rental assistance to low-income households. GAO assessed the completed results, reviewed documentation, and interviewed officials from HUD, Treasury, and IRS. What GAO Recommends GAO recommends that HUD, in consultation with the RPWG, work with states and localities to develop an approach for compiling and reporting on the collective performance of federal, state, and local rental assistance programs. HUD disagreed with the recommendation as originally drafted because it did not believe that it was addressed to the appropriate party. GAO agreed and modified the recommendation to direct it to HUD, in consultation with the RPWG. Treasury and IRS did not comment on the recommendation.