The Waste List > Total Value of Government Waste: $57,322,568,479
Financial Literacy (Housing Counseling and Foreclosure Mitigation)
The following are 4 duplicative spending programs for Financial Literacy (Housing Counseling and Foreclosure Mitigation) across 3 agencies:
AgencyDetailsCost
Department of Housing and Urban Development Housing Counseling Assistance Program $65,420,000
Department of the Treasury Financial Education and Counseling Pilot Program $4,150,000
NeighborWorks America National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program $65,000,000
NeighborWorks America Other housing counseling activities $2,000,000

Source: Table 15, Appendix III, "Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation, Achieve Savings, and Enhance Revenue," Government Accountability Office, 2/28/2012