Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. HUD/MOD Rehab Investigation SubcommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Misconduct in office
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
HUD Scandals
Author: Irving WelfeldPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351514741
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Mention the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the word scandal comes to mind. When it comes to recent history, the association is quite accurate; in 1989-90 congressional panels were investigating -abuses, favoritism, and mismanagement- at HUD; in 1954 HUD's predecessor, the Federal Housing Administration, was targeted by the FBI for involvement in fraudulent home-improvement schemes; in the 1970s HUD was scrutinized for lax lending standards, blatant overappraisals, and shoddy housing. In this ground-breaking volume, Irving Welfeld, a senior analyst with HUD, describes and explains these sensational episodes as well as a series of hidden blunders that have cost taxpayers billions of dollars. In this thorough, firsthand account, Welfeld provides not only soundly documented history, but analyses of events that arrive at different interpretations than Congress reached in its investigations. Throughout, his readings ask hard and probing questions: Where were the overseers--the media, Congress, the General Accounting Office, the Office of Management and Budget? To what extent is poor management the root cause of HUD's failures? Will tighter regulation help in keeping out corruption? After his comprehensive survey of the scene, Welfeld goes the final step and offers solutions: a set of programs that would minimize secrecy on the part of federal administrators and the temptation to abuse the public trust. Most importantly, the programs outlined here will enable HUD to more effectively fulfill its mission to see that there is decent affordable housing for all Americans. HUD Scandals will be of interest to scholars of public administration, political scientists, and analysts of housing issues.
Abuses, Favoritism, and Mismanagement in HUD Programs
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Employment and Housing SubcommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conflict of interests
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
Abuses, Favoritism, and Mismanagement in HUD Programs: Without special title
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Employment and Housing SubcommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conflict of interests
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
The Abuse and Mismanagement of HUD
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. HUD/MOD Rehab Investigation SubcommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political corruption
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Abuses, Favoritism, and Mismanagement in HUD Programs: Without special title
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Employment and Housing SubcommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conflict of interests
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
Implementation and Effectiveness of the HUD Reform Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Employment and Housing SubcommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Taking a Byte Out of History
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government OperationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Computer files
Languages : en
Pages : 1558
Book Description
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1508
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
Thinking About Political Corruption
Author: Peter DeLeonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317453735
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Peter deLeon argues that while it is often individuals who actually engage in political corruption, it is the US political system that condones or encourages such actions. Once this perspective is recognised, one can begin to understand ways in which the costs of corruption might be alleviated.