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Section 3 News
- Technical Assistance
- Benchmark Federal Register Notice
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HUD’s Office of Field Policy and Management has announced the availability of On-Call Technical Assistance funds for grantees with Section 3 requirements. This TA can support up to 32 hours of 1:1 technical assistance per approved grantee/request. Examples of assignment scopes include reviews of draft Section 3 plans and other documents, contracting language, outreach and marketing materials for Section 3 businesses and workers, and clarifying the rule and applicability.
To submit a request for On-call Technical Assistance, grantees should follow the below steps:
- Review HUD Exchange resources (on-demand training, templates and sample tools, FAQs and Guidebook). Grantees must put in a good faith effort of using existing resources to overcome the identified challenge/pain point prior to submitting a request.
- Under Program Support, select “Request In-Depth Assistance.”
- Follow the provided steps and within “Topics” expand “Fair Housing and Cross Cutting Programs”, select “Section 3.”
- Complete the steps and include the requested TA scope/need.
- Submit request.
Grantees may also contact their local HUD Field Office to submit a request.
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Newly Launched: HUD announces Parts 1 & 2 of a new video series to assist grantees with understanding the basics of the Section 3 Final Rule. Visit the HUD exchange to watch the full videos.
More to come!
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The Department of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a notice in the Federal Register on October 5, 2023, to inform members of the public that HUD was updating its 2020 version of the Section 3 benchmark notice pursuant to HUD’s regulations, which require that HUD set Section 3 benchmarks by publishing a notification, subject to public comment, in the Federal Register and update the benchmarks no less frequently than once every three years by the same method of notification. The public comment period ends on January 22, 2024.
Comments may be submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov/document/HUD-2020-0068-0003. HUD strongly encourages commenters to submit comments electronically. Electronic submission of comments allows the commenter maximum time to prepare and submit a comment, ensures timely receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to make comments immediately available to the public. Comments may also be submitted by mail to the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410–0500.
Please visit HUDExchange for additional resources, training, and templates on Section 3
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