OFFICE OF FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

AUTHORIZATION:

Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Section 3, 12 U.S.C. 1701u.

OBJECTIVES:

Section 3 of the HUD Act of 1968 requires that employment and other economic opportunities generated by certain HUD financial assistance shall, to the greatest extent feasible, be directed to low-and very low-income persons, particularly those who are recipients of government assistance for housing, and to business concerns which provide economic opportunities to low-and very low-income persons.

TYPES OF ASSISTANCE:

Investigation of Complaints.

USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS:

Section 3 applies to training, employment, contracting and other economic opportunities arising from the expenditure of public and Indian housing development, operating and modernization assistance; and to training, employment and other economic opportunities arising in connection with the expenditure of housing and community development assistance that is used for housing rehabilitation (including reduction and abatement of lead-based paint hazards), housing construction and other public construction. Section 3 also applies to financial assistance in the form of insurance or guaranty or to tenant- based assistance.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility:   Public and Indian Housing Programs: (1) Training and employment opportunities -- (i) public housing residents; or (ii) an individual who resides in the metropolitan area or non- metropolitan county in which the Section 3 covered assistance is expended, and who is a low- or very low-income person. (2) Contract opportunities -- (i) business concerns that are 51 percent or more owned by residents of the housing development or developments for which the Section 3 covered assistance is expended, or whose full-time, permanent workforce includes 30 percent of these persons as employees; or (ii) business concerns that are 51 percent or more owned by residents of other housing developments or developments managed by the housing authority that is expending the Section 3 covered assistance or whose full-time permanent workforce includes 30 percent of these persons as employees; or (iii) HUD Youthbuild programs being carried out in the metropolitan area in which the Section 3 covered assistance is expended; or (iv) business concerns that are 51 percent or more owned by Section 3 residents, or whose permanent, full-time workforce includes no less than 30 percent Section 3 residents or that subcontract in excess of 25 percent of the total amount of subcontracts to business concerns identified in (i) and (ii) above. Housing and Community Development Programs: (1) training and employment opportunities -- (i) Section 3 residents residing in the service area or neighborhood in which the Section 3 covered project is located; (ii) participants in HUD Youthbuild programs; (iii) homeless persons residing in the service area or neighborhood in which the Section 3 covered project is located; and (iv) other Section 3 residents. (2) Contract opportunities: -- (i) Section 3 business concerns that provide economic opportunities for Section 3 residents in the service area or neighborhood in which the Section 3 covered project is located; (ii) applicants selected to carry out HUD Youthbuild programs; and (iii) Other Section 3 business concerns. Any Section 3 resident or Section 3 business concern may file a complaint alleging noncompliance with Section 3.

Beneficiary Eligibility:   Complainant individuals who are Section 3 residents or a Section 3 business concern.

Credentials/Documentation:   Not applicable.

APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination:   This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.

Application Procedure:   Complaints may be sent to any HUD Field Office Fair Housing Enforcement Center, Program Operations and Compliance Center or Headquarters.

Award Procedure:   Not applicable.

Deadlines:   Complaints must be received within 180 days of the date of the alleged non-compliance with Section 3.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time:   Approximately six months.

Appeals:   Not applicable.

Renewals:   Not applicable.

ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements:   This program has no statutory formula.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance:   Not applicable.

POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports:   Not applicable.

Audits:   Not applicable.

Records:   Not applicable.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

Account Identification:   86-0143-0-1-999.

Obligations:   (Salaries and expenses) Not separately identifiable.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance:   Not applicable.

PROGAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

In fiscal year 1999, 41 complaints filed under Section 3 were closed.

REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:

Employment Opportunities for Businesses and Lower Income Persons in Connection with Assisted Projects, 24 CFR Part 135.

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