We actively outreach to Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) and Women Business Enterprises (WBEs) in fulfillment of the Housing Authority’s policy of promoting contract opportunities for minority and women owned business.

We also are committed to meeting Section 3 requirements and give preference to contractors who can demonstrate compliance with the following.Notice of Section 3 Numeric Goals and Preferences Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, (12 U.S.C. 1701u), requires that employment and other economic opportunities generated by certain HUD financial assistance shall to the greatest extent feasible be directed to: (1) low and very low-income persons, particularly those who are recipients of government assistance for housing; and (2) business concerns which provide economic opportunities to low and very low-income persons. Therefore, a preference is provided to those companies that can meet one of the requirements of the four categories listed below. The Section 3 Business Concern Preference is explained in detail in each solicitation.