Field Hearing on HUD Single Family Property Disposition Homeless Initiative Program: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, August 23, 1996, Volume 4 |
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abuses additional administer allowed Andrew Cuomo approved Safety Assistant Secretary audit BAKER Barrow-Veal Barrow-Veal's Baton Rouge Advocate BEARD Chairman BACHUS clients Community Planning compliance Continuum CPD Director CPD's Disposition Homeless Initiative document eligible employees Family Property Disposition files Fort Worth funds going Homeless Coordinator Homeless Initiative regulations homeless providers homes Housing Program HUD headquarters HUD officials HUD Single Family HUD's identified income ineligible tenants inventory issued Jimmy Hayes JOHNSON leasing properties living Louisiana MANGET Michael Beard Mike Beard monitoring review monitoring Safety non-profit number of properties Office of Inspector operating participate percent PITTMAN Planning and Development problems Property Disposition Homeless Publication page references purchase records regulations and guidelines rent responsibility Safety Net house self-sufficient SFPD program Single Family Property SPENCER BACHUS staff Subcommittee support services Tara High School transitional housing United States Attorney violations WAXMAN Weatherford West Wendover
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Page 128 - Within 60 days, please give us, for each recommendation made in the report, a status report on: (1) corrective action taken; (2) the proposed corrective action and the date to be completed; or (3) why action is considered unnecessary. Also, please furnish us copies of any correspondence or directives issued because of the audit.
Page 38 - ... that was still in effect on the date of the sale, the Secretary will reduce the interest rate on the mortgage loan to a rate to be determined by the Secretary. Subpart E— Lease and Sale of HUD-Acquired Single Family Properties for the Homeless § 291.400 Purpose and scope. (a) Purpose. HUD seeks to assist individuals and families who are homeless by providing them with transitional housing and appropriate supportive services with the goal of helping them move to independent living. Therefore,...
Page 61 - Mr. Chairman, this concludes our statement. We would be pleased to answer any questions you or other members of the Subcommittee may have at this time. Contacts and Acknowledgments For further information about this testimony, please contact Gregory D.
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Page 114 - Development to contribute — in the current fiscal year — to achievement of the national housing goal of "a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family...
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Page 67 - That would be a total of $12i/^ million that this would cost, bearing in mind, of course, that these are general suggestions, that we intend to come to you with specific amendments to HR 610 that may, to some degree, change what we are stating here as a result of this hearing and as a result of the studies that necessarily go along when you are preparing a draft of the bill in a definitive fashion. It might be interesting to analyze the $12^ million.
Page 103 - ... HUD-acquired one- to four-family properties for use by the homeless. The purpose of the program is to assist individuals and families who are homeless by providing them with transitional housing and appropriate supportive services with the goal of helping them move to independent living. Use of HUD-acquired properties by lessees must be with the understanding that the housing provided under this program is transitional and the occupants are expected to seek and obtain permanent housing resources...
Page 123 - ... documented, that rents are within the levels allowed, and that the leasing organization is not allowing ineligible people to live in the properties. Through discussions with officials and review of files, we found the field offices we visited were generally complying with these monitoring requirements. HUD officials said that careful screening and monitoring of organizations is needed to avoid the type of program abuses that occurred in the early stages of its leasing program. For example, in...
Page 123 - ... included organizations leaving leased property vacant, housing ineligible tenants, not paying property taxes, and not keeping required records. HUD headquarters officials responsible for the leasing program acknowledged that inappropriate use of leased property was once a rather widespread problem. However, headquarters and field officials believe that the problem has been largely corrected through better HUD screening and monitoring of organizations applying for and leasing property. VA Program...