Qualifications for Section 3 businesses are based on the percent of:

• The business owned by Section 3 residents.
• Labor hours performed for the business by Section 3 workers over the last three months.

Get the Section 3 Business application

Qualifications for Section 3 resident workers are based on: 

• Family size and income
• Where they live
• Public assistance

Get the Section 3 Resident worker application

Resident workers

Qualified residents may apply to work on Section 3 projects.

Section 3 Workers should:

• Perform 25% of all labor hours.
• Of that 25%, Targeted Section 3 Workers should perform 5% of all labor hours.
• The 5% goal will count towards the 25% Section 3 Worker goal.  

Section 3 workers

To be a "Section 3 worker,” a person must be one of the following:  

• Employed by a Section 3 business concern.
• Be a YouthBuild participant within the past five years.
• Have a gross income below the income limit established each year by HUD.

HUD income limits

HUD establishes low-income limits, and very low-income limits. HUD says that a worker is:

• Low income if they earn 80 percent of the median individual income in the area.
• Very low-income if they earn 50 percent of the median individual income in the area.

Review HUD income limits

Targeted Section 3 workers

To be a "Section 3 worker,” a person must be one of the following:  

• Employed by a Section 3 business concern.
• Be a YouthBuild participant within the past five years.
• Live in the area of the project with the past five years
• Live in public housing or Section 8-assisted housing within the past five years.