Public Housing

HUD's Takeover of the Housing Authority of New Orleans Gao ID: T-RCED-96-212 July 8, 1996

This testimony discusses the operational problems at the Housing Authority of New Orleans, some of the causes of those problems, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) attempts over the years to correct them. This testimony summarizes GAO's May 1996 report (GAO/RCED-96-67) that described the events leading to HUD's takeover of the Housing Authority of New Orleans.



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