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Section 8 Rental Housing: Merging Assistance Programs Has Benefits but Raises Implementation Issues

RCED-94-85 Published: May 27, 1994. Publicly Released: May 27, 1994.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed whether the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) two rental housing subsidy programs should be combined, focusing on the: (1) benefits of a merger; (2) major program differences that would need reconciliation; (3) merger's effect on HUD budgeting and financial management; and (4) effort needed to merge the two programs.

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Eligibility criteriaFederal agency reorganizationFinancial managementFuture budget projectionsHousing programsLow income housingPublic assistance programsRent subsidiesRental housingRental rates