Public Housing: Information on Receiverships at Public Housing Authorities

摘要

About 3,000 public housing authorities--state, county, and municipal agencies--develop and manage low-income housing in cooperation with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD provides funding--nearly $7 billion annually--and has contracts with these authorities that require them to maintain decent, safe, and sanitary properties and manage programs according to HUD's regulations and requirements. Despite expenditures of this magnitude, many public housing properties have been unsafe and unsanitary for several decades. Some have violated fair housing requirements by maintaining segregated public housing. HUD provides technical assistance to authorities with such problems, and also can impose sanctions such as removing housing authority officials to help prompt corrective actions. HUD may also place a housing authority under administrative receivership--taking over the authority's management and operations.