U.S. Government Accountability Office

Rental Assistance Transfers

20. Does your office routinely track Rental Assistance transfers involving properties in your portfolio? Activities for "tracking transfers" may include, but are not limited to the following: ensuring that the borrower has marketed vacant units, checking waiting lists, recommending units for transfer, and/or recording the dollar amount transferred.
(Check only one answer)
1. Yes
2. No (GO TO QUESTION 22.)
3. Don't know (GO TO QUESTION 22.)
4. No response

21.
Which of the following information sources does your office use to track Rental Assistance transfers involving properties in your portfolio?
 
    Yes No Don't
know
Not
applicable
No
response
 
a. AMAS
 
b. MFIS
 
c. Property files located in your office
 
d. General knowledge about your portfolio
 
e.Other(s), please specify below
   

 
Other source
   

 
f. If you indicated "yes" for more than one information source above, please indicate, which of the following information sources is used most frequently by your office to track rental assistance transfers?
(Check only one answer)
1. AMAS
2. MFIS
3. Property files located in your office
4. General knowledge about your portfolio
5. Other, please specify below
6. Don't know
7. No response

 
Other source
   

22.
From January 2003 to January 2004, what was the total number of Rental Assistance units transferred into your portfolio, including units transferred within your portfolio? (Enter numbers only; any characters will be automatically deleted when saved. If no units, write "0" in the space below and GO TO Question #28.)
 

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you don't know      
Check below if
your office does not
collect this information
 


   

23.
From January 2003 to January 2004, of the total number of transferred units reported in Question #22, how many units were transferred from another state? (Enter numbers only; any characters will be automatically deleted when saved. If no units, write "0" in the space below.)
 

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24.
From January 2003 to January 2004, of the total number of transferred units reported in Question #22, how many units were transferred within your portfolio? (Enter numbers only; any characters will be automatically deleted when saved. If no units, write "0" in the space below.)
 

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25.
What was the total dollar amount of Rental Assistance associated with the number of transferred units reported in Question #22? (Enter numbers only; any characters will be automatically deleted when saved. If no units, write "0" in the space below.)
 

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26.
Of the transferred units reported in Question #22, how many units were vacant for 12 months or more before the transfer was initiated? (Enter numbers only; any characters will be automatically deleted when saved. If no units, write "0" in the space below.)
 

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27.
From January 2003 to January 2004, on average, once a transfer was initiated, about how many months did it take to complete a transfer within your portfolio, including the borrower appeals process if applicable? (Enter numbers only; any characters will be automatically deleted when saved. If zero months, write "0" in the space below.)
 

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28.
In your experience, what is the most frequent reason for the transfer of unused Rental Assistance to another property?
(Check only one answer)
1. To supplement a unit whose Rental Assistance contract has run out early
2. To create a new Rental Assistance unit to meet new demand
3. To expend all money obligated to the state for the Rental Assistance program
4. Other(s), please describe below
5. Don't know
6. Not applicable
7. No response

 
Other reason
   


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