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Chicago Housing Authority Needs To Improve Its Management and Controls Over Purchasing

CED-80-93 Published: Apr 28, 1980. Publicly Released: May 01, 1980.
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The controls used by the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) over its procurement of goods and services was surveyed. CHA, a major Chicago landlord housing 140,000 people in the 40,000 rental units it owns and/or manages, has about two-thirds of its funds provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Since 1977, CHA has been operating at a deficit and has continued to stay solvent only because HUD has paid in advance subsidies totaling $20 million through 1979.

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Community developmentFederal aid for housingFunds managementHousing programsIntergovernmental relationsManagement information systemsMunicipal governmentsProcurement policyProgram managementPurchase orders