Section 4.4 Economic Opportunity – Section 3

Grant Administration: Section 4.4 Economic Opportunity – Section 3

Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 imposes requirements pertaining to employment/training opportunities and contracting arising from CDBG assistance, or other HUD funds, expended for rehabilitation, physical improvements, and public construction projects, both residential and non-residential.

Congress established Section 3 to ensure that the employment and other economic opportunities generated by federal financial assistance for housing and community development programs shall, to the greatest extent feasible, be directed toward low and very-low-income persons, particularly those who are recipients of government assistance for housing.

The requirements of Section 3 are discussed in greater detail in Chapter 7: Procurement, Chapter 8: Labor Standards, and Chapter 11: Reporting and Recordkeeping.