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Public Housing: Impact of Designated Public Housing on Persons With Disabilities

RCED-98-160 Published: Jun 09, 1998. Publicly Released: Jun 09, 1998.
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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed: (1) the impact of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 on the availability of public housing for persons with disabilities; (2) how incremental Section 8 certificates and vouchers that were made available since the passage of the 1992 act were assisting persons with disabilities seeking affordable rental housing; and (3) the number of households that may meet the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) definition for persons with disabilities.

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Elderly personsHousing for the disabledHousing for the elderlyHousing programsPeople with disabilitiesPublic housingRent subsidiesState-administered programsStatistical dataDisabilities