Improvements Needed in Selecting and Processing Urban Development Action Grants

An examination of the Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) Program focused on application review and approval procedures at Housing and Urban Development (HUD) headquarters for 18 selected grants from the April 6, July 11, and August 2, 1978, funding rounds. The 154 grants awarded on those dates were the first grants awarded under the UDAG program. The basis for grant approval, rejection, and holdover decisions was evaluated. The 18 grants reviewed consisted of 6 new metropolitan city applications, 7 metropolitan city applications held over from earlier rounds, and 5 new small city applications.