Contractors, please review this memo issued August 14, 2018 regarding a Department of Housing procurement policy change in relation to 2 CFR 200.319.

Shelby County Department of Housing assists in employment for qualifying Section 3 Business Concerns and Section 3 Residents to the greatest extent feasible. To apply for Section 3 status as a Resident or Business Concern, complete the required forms in the document linked below, and send to the contact listed in the document.

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A Section 3 Business Concern meets at least one of the following qualifications:

• 51 percent or more owned by Section 3 residents; or
• At least 30 percent of its full time employees include persons that are currently Section 3 residents, or within three years of the date of first employment with the business concern were Section 3 residents; or
• Provides evidence, as required, of a commitment to subcontract in excess of 25 percent of the dollar award of all subcontracts to be awarded to business concerns that meet the qualifications in the above two paragraphs.

A Section 3 Resident meets at least one of the following qualifications:

• A public housing resident; or
• A low- or very low-income person residing in the Metropolitan area or Non-metropolitan County in which the Section 3 covered assistance is expended.

            Note: See national low-income limits here.

Download all Section 3 application materials