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Ata 1998 Senate hearing, then-HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo acknowledged that the department “faced a competence gap” and had “the dubious distinction of being the only federal agency designated as ‘high risk’

by the General Accountin 8 rental subsidy as “on th

g [now Government Accountabi • brink of becoming the next savings and loan scandal,” and explained how the

ity] Office (GAO),” even referencing the Section

department was stepping up enforcement efforts “focused on closing the competence gap by eliminating

waste, fraud, and abuse.” Subcommittee on VA, HU

H.R. 7984, Housing

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See “Testimony of Secretary Andrew Cuomo before the House Appropriations D, and Independent Agencies,” March 25, 1998, https://archives.hud.gov/ testimony/1998/tst32598.cfm (accessed March 4, 2023).

and Urban Development Act of 1965, Public Law No. 89-117, 89th Congress, August 10, 1965, https://www.congress.gov/89/statute/STATUTE-79/STATUTE-79-Pg451.pdf (accessed March 4, 2023).

Housing and Urban

elegated full authori

Ss contract (ACC) in public hou

Development, 2023 Budget in Brief, pp. 2 and 7, httos://www.hud.gov/

ites/dfiles/CFO/documents/2023_ BudgetIinBriefFINAL.pdf (accessed March 4, 2023).

the Special Applications Center (SAC) located in Chicago, Illinois, was established in 1998 he Office of Public and ive applications and plans

ndian Housing to accept, review, and approve all nonfunded, or demolition, disposition, and conversion of land subject to an sing.

ty for the Administration and enforcement of the Fair Housing Act to

ary of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity but also has delegated limited d decision-making autho Chief Operating Officer and appointed by the President with Senate advice and consent.

rity to the General Counsel.

gs and Appeals (OH

Director who is appointed by the Secretary, it supervises the Administrative Judges o s, the administrative law judges of the Office of Administrative Law Judges, and the OHA UD Secretary appoints administrative judges and administrative law judges in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. Chapter 5, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/part-I/ chapter-5 (accessed March 4, 2023). HUD currently has a Departmental Equi he OSDBU, “as part of the President’s Executive Order 13985, Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.” See U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2023 dfiles/CFO/documents/2023HUDCongressionalJustificationsFINALelectronicversion.pdf (accessed March 4, 2023), and President Joseph R. Biden Jr., Executive Order 13985, “Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government,” January 20, 2021, in Federa/ Register, Vol. 86, 0. 14 January 25, 2021), pp. 7009-7013, https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-01-25/pdf/202101753.pdf (accessed March 4, 2023). nterestingly, “[t]he 2023 President’s Bu han the 2022 Annualized CR level. The million, $448 thousand 2023 Congressional Justifications, p. 35-16.

A) is an independent adjudicatory office within the Office of the

y Assessment Working Group, supported with five FTEs funded by

Congressional Justifications, p. 35-15, https://www.hud.gov/sites/

dget requests $748 thousand for CFBNP. which is $436 thousand less Budget reflects total funding (carryover and new authority) of $1.2

ess than 2022 total funding.” U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,

See H.R. 558, Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, Public Law No. 100-77, 100th Congress, July 22,

1987, https://(www.govin

Established u

www.law.corne|

S. 566, Crans

edu/u

o.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-101/pdf/STATUTE-101-Pg482.pdf (accessed March 5, 2023). Later renamed the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. nder the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. §§ 5301 et seq., https:// scode/text/42 (accessed March 4, 2023). on-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, Public Law No. 101-625, 101st Congress,

November 28, 1990, Title Il, https:/Avww.congress.gov/101/statute/STATUTE-104/STATUTE-104-Pg4079. pdf (accessed March 5, 2023).

S. 1, Uniform

Ist Congress, January

Relocation Assistance and 2, 1971, https://www.congress.gov/91/statute/STATUTE-84/STATUTE-84-Pg1894.pdf

Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Public Law No. 91-646,

(accessed March 4, 2023). “The URA establishes the minimum Federal requirements for the acquisition of real

property for Federally

unded programs and projects, and for the relocation of persons who must move from