Section 3 Information Sheet for Contractors/Businesses What is Section 3? Section 3 is a provision of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Act of 1968 that helps foster local economic development, neighborhood economic improvement, and individual self-sufficiency. The Section 3 program requires that recipients of certain financial assistance, to the greatest extent feasible, provide job training, employment, and contracting opportunities for low-income residents in connection with projects and activities in their neighborhoods. Who are Section 3 residents? Section 3 residents are: Public housing residents or • Persons who live in the area where an assisted project is located • and who have a household income that falls below . What is a Section 3 business concern? A business that: Is 51 percent or more owned by Section 3 residents; • Employs Section 3 residents for at 30 percent of its full-time, • permanent staff; or Provides evidence of a commitment to subcontract to Section 3 • business concerns, 25 percent or more of the dollar amount of the awarded contract. What of economic opportunities should be made available under Section 3? Job training • Employment • Contracts • Examples of Opportunities include: Accounting Electrical Marketing • • • Architecture Elevator Painting • • • Appliance repair Construction Payroll • • Bookkeeping Engineering Photography • • Bricklaying Fencing Plastering • • • Carpentry Florists Plumbing • • • Carpet Installation Heating Printing • • • Catering Iron Works Purchasing • • Cement/Masonry Janitorial Research • • • Computer/ Landscaping Surveying • • • Information Machine Tile setting • • Demolition Operation Transportation • • Drywall Manufacturing Word • • • processing Who receives priority under Section 3? For training and employment: Persons in public and assisted housing • Persons in the area where the HUD financial assistance is spent •
Section 3 Information Sheet for Contractors/Businesses What is Section 3? Section 3 is a provision of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Act of 1968 that helps foster local economic development, neighborhood economic improvement, and individual self-sufficiency. The Section 3 program requires that recipients of certain financial assistance, to the greatest extent feasible, provide job training, employment, and contracting opportunities for low-income residents in connection with projects and activities in their neighborhoods. Who are Section 3 residents? Section 3 residents are: • Public housing residents or • Persons who live in the area where an assisted project is located and who have a household income that falls below . What is a Section 3 business concern? A business that: • Is 51 percent or more owned by Section 3 residents; • Employs Section 3 residents for at 30 percent of its full-time, permanent staff; or • Provides evidence of a commitment to subcontract to Section 3 business concerns, 25 percent or more of the dollar amount of the awarded contract. What of economic opportunities should be made available under Section 3? • Job training • Employment • Contracts Examples of Opportunities include: • Accounting • Architecture • Appliance repair • Bookkeeping • Bricklaying • Carpentry • Carpet Installation • Catering • Cement/Masonry • Computer/ Information • Demolition • Drywall • Electrical • Elevator Construction • Engineering • Fencing • Florists • Heating • Iron Works • Janitorial • Landscaping • Machine Operation • Manufacturing • Marketing • Painting • Payroll Photography • Plastering • Plumbing • Printing Purchasing • Research • Surveying • Tile setting • Transportation • Word processing Who receives priority under Section 3? For training and employment: • Persons in public and assisted housing • Persons in the area where the HUD financial assistance is spent
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