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Please Note: You may need to use the scroll bar on the
right hand side of the screen to read all the information on a page. The United States Congress has asked the United States General Accounting Office (GAO), to conduct a study of the issues relating to the preservation of HUD's affordable rental housing properties. In particular, the Congress is interested in knowing the types of tools or incentives states and localities are using to keep properties in the affordable housing inventory. These tools or incentives may address prepayment, section 8 rental assistance opt outs, mortgage maturity, and other issues. As part of this study, we have prepared this questionnaire to obtain information on what your agency is doing or believes needs to be done to keep the housing units affordable. This will help us compile the information needed to address the potential loss of affordable housing. You may need to work with other people in your organization to complete this questionnaire. The questionnaire will take about 15 to 20 minutes to complete; however, the amount of time will vary with the number of questions you will need to answer. Thank you for completing the questionnaire and aiding us in our research. |
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If you have any questions or are experiencing difficulties responding
to the questionnaire, please contact either of the following individuals
in our office:
phone and email contacts were given here for 2 GAO staff members If you click on the "Contact Information" side caption on the left menu, it will bring you back to this information. Depending on your browser, clicking on the e-mail address underlined in blue in most cases will automatically open up your e-mail system and address an e-mail. You then need only to write in your question and send the message. |
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The last question in the last section asks you to indicate if
you have completed this questionnaire. By clicking on "complete," this
tells us that your answers are official and final.
Your answers will not be used unless you have done this. Please note we will not send follow up e-mails to those who have checked the "Complete" button. |
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