Representative Waters (D-CA) Calls for GAO Investigation into HUD Field Office Closures

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA), ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Eugene Dodaro and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Acting Inspector General Stephen M. Begg calling for an investigation into whether HUD is violating statutory requirements to maintain at least one field office in each state. Waters also called on the GAO to release a public cost-benefit analysis before any closures, following reports that the Administration plans to shut down local field offices and terminate housing agency staff.  

Read the letter here.