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Urban Action Grants: An Analysis of Eligibility and Selection Criteria, and Program Results

RCED-89-143 Published: Jul 07, 1989. Publicly Released: Jul 07, 1989.
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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO evaluated the standards and criteria that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) used to measure the comparative degree of economic distress of urban areas and subsequently select projects for its Urban Development Action Grant program.

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Economic analysisEconomically depressed areasEligibility determinationsFederal aid to citiesGrant award proceduresGrants to local governmentsStatistical dataUrban development programsUrban economic developmentUrban development