{"content":[{"text":"Requirements for Compliance with Requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban \n Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C.1701u) (Section 3) Part 135 – Economic Opportunities \n for Low and Very Low-Income Persons","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.091012,"width":0.765003,"height":0.04828600000000001}},{"text":"Section 3 is a provision of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, which \n recognizes that HUD funds are typically one of the largest sources of federal funding expended \n in communities through the form of grants, loans, entitlement allocations and other forms of \n financial assistance. Section 3 is intended to ensure that when employment or contracting \n opportunities are generated because a covered project or activity necessities the employment of \n additional persons or the awarding of contracts for work, preference must be given to low- and \n very low-income persons or business concerns residing in the community where the project is \n located.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.15659,"width":0.7652180000000001,"height":0.140627}},{"text":"Insert program jurisdiction Policy Statement:","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.314797,"width":0.416301,"height":0.017571000000000003}},{"text":"It is the policy of insert program jurisdiction herein described as the “insert program \n jurisdiction”, will ensure that Equal Employment Opportunities be provided for all employees and \n applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national, origin, handicap, or \n economic status; and that through the award of contracts to contractors, subcontractors, \n vendors, and suppliers, the insert program jurisdiction will ensure that employment and business \n opportunities be created for residents of CDBG eligible income areas, residents in low and \n moderate-income census tracts and block groups, and other qualified low and very low-income \n persons residing in the insert program jurisdiction. This will be a continuous policy throughout \n all programs in the insert program jurisdiction who may be receiving or not receiving federal \n grant assistance. insert program jurisdiction intends to uphold its obligation to contractors, \n subcontractors, and vendors and incorporate practical initiatives of providing full-time permanent \n employment opportunities as well as business opportunities to low and moderate-income \n persons and other Section 3 eligible persons.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.349987,"width":0.76536,"height":0.22852999999999996}},{"text":"Section 3 Numerical Compliance Goals:","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.596098,"width":0.365393,"height":0.017571000000000003}},{"text":"The minimum numerical goal for employment 30 percent of the aggregate number of new \n hires shall be Section 3 residents annually—i.e., 1 out of 3 new employees needed to complete a \n Section 3 covered project/activity shall be a Section 3 resident.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.631287,"width":0.7654240000000001,"height":0.052722999999999964}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}