[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR135.9]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

    CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, 

               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 135_ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW- AND VERY LOW-INCOME PERSONS

--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  135.9  Requirements applicable to HUD NOFAs for section 3 covered 

programs.



    (a) Certification of compliance with part 135. All notices of 

funding availability (NOFAs) issued by HUD that announce the 

availability of funding covered by section 3 shall include a provision 

in the NOFA that notifies applicants that section 3 and the regulations 

in part 135 are applicable to funding awards made under the NOFA. 

Additionally the NOFA shall require as an application submission 

requirement (which may be specified in the NOFA or application kit) a 

certification by the applicant that the applicant will comply with the 

regulations in part 135. (For PHAs, this requirement will be met where a 

PHA Resolution in Support of the Application is submitted.) With respect 

to application evaluation, HUD will accept an applicant's certification 

unless there is evidence substantially challenging the certification.

    (b) Statement of purpose in NOFAs. (1) For competitively awarded 

assistance in which the grants are for activities administered by an HA, 

and those activities are anticipated to generate significant training, 

employment or contracting opportunities, the NOFA must include a 

statement that one of the purposes of the assistance is to give to the 

greatest extent feasible, and consistent with existing Federal, State 

and local laws and regulations, job training, employment, contracting 

and other economic opportunities to section 3 residents and section 3 

business concerns.

    (2) For competitively awarded assistance involving housing 

rehabilitation, construction or other public construction, where the 

amount awarded to the applicant may exceed $200,000, the NOFA must 

include a statement that one of the purposes of the assistance is to 

give, to the greatest extent feasible, and consistent with existing 

Federal, State and local laws and regulations, job training, employment, 

contracting and other economic opportunities to section 3 residents and 

section 3 business concerns.

    (c) Section 3 as NOFA evaluation criteria. Where not otherwise 

precluded by statute, in the evaluation of applications for the award of 

assistance, consideration shall be given to the extent to which an 

applicant has demonstrated that it will train and employ section 3 

residents and contract with section 3 business concerns for economic 

opportunities generated in connection with the assisted project or 

activity. The evaluation criteria to be utilized, and the rating points 

to be assigned, will be specified in the NOFA.