[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 4]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR983.154]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 
 
PART 983_PROJECT-BASED VOUCHER (PBV) PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart D_Requirements for Rehabilitated and Newly Constructed Units
 
Sec.  983.154  Conduct of development work.

    (a) Development requirements. The owner must carry out development 
work in accordance with the Agreement and the requirements of this 
section.
    (b) Labor standards. (1) In the case of an Agreement for development 
of nine or more contract units (whether or not completed in stages), the 
owner and the owner's contractors and subcontractors must pay Davis-
Bacon wages to laborers and mechanics employed in development of the 
housing.
    (2) The HUD prescribed form of Agreement shall include the labor 
standards clauses required by HUD, such as those involving Davis-Bacon 
wage rates.
    (3) The owner and the owner's contractors and subcontractors must 
comply with the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, Department 
of Labor regulations in 29 CFR part 5, and other applicable federal 
labor relations laws and regulations. The PHA must monitor compliance 
with labor standards.
    (c) Equal opportunity. (1) Section 3--Training, employment, and 
contracting

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opportunities. The owner must comply with Section 3 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u) and the implementing 
regulations at 24 CFR part 135.
    (2) Equal employment opportunity. The owner must comply with federal 
equal employment opportunity requirements of Executive Orders 11246 as 
amended (3 CFR, 1964-1965 Comp., p. 339), 11625 (3 CFR, 1971-1975 Comp., 
p. 616), 12432 (3 CFR, 1983 Comp., p. 198) and 12138 (3 CFR, 1977 Comp., 
p. 393).
    (d) Eligibility to participate in federal programs and activities. 
The Agreement and HAP contract shall include a certification by the 
owner that the owner and other project principals (including the 
officers and principal members, shareholders, investors, and other 
parties having a substantial interest in the project) are not on the 
U.S. General Services Administration list of parties excluded from 
federal procurement and nonprocurement programs.
    (e) Disclosure of conflict of interest. The owner must disclose any 
possible conflict of interest that would be a violation of the 
Agreement, the HAP contract, or HUD regulations.