Section 3 Works Better When Providing Career Opportunities, Legal Services Attorney Says

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To work as a community development strategy, the Section 3 program must provide participants with career opportunities, not short-term jobs, said Robert Damewood, a staff attorney with Regional Housing Legal Services in Pittsburgh, a presenter in an on-line discussion of the program sponsored by Knoweledgeplex.org, a Fannie Mae Foundation web site. Section 3 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1968 requires that recipients of certain HUD financial assistance, to the greatest extent feasible, provide low- or very-low-income residents with employment, contracting opportunities, or job training opportunities. Persons who can benefit from Section 3 include public and Indian housing residents, Youthbuild participants, and low-income persons in the area surrounding a project receiving HUD funds.