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Ways of Providing a Fairer Share of Federal Housing Support to Rural Areas

CED-80-1 Published: Mar 28, 1980. Publicly Released: Mar 28, 1980.
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GAO evaluated the accomplishments and shortcomings of Federal housing programs in rural America, particularly in the past 10 years. Areas of special concern included the geographic distribution of housing assistance, gaps in program benefits, and ways to improve the programs' effectiveness in providing opportunities for rural families to obtain decent homes. Eighteen counties in six States were selected for study because they contain one or more typical rural housing problems, such as high percentages of substandard homes, a high percentage of rural poor, large areas remote from metropolitan service areas, or high construction costs.

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Community developmentFederal aid programsstate relationsHomeowners loansInteragency relationsLow income housingMortgage programsProgram evaluationProgram managementRural housing programs