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Section 3 Project Threshold Updates for Creating Economic Opportunities for Low- and Very Low-Income Persons and Eligible Businesses
The Housing and Urban Development Department published this final rule in the Federal Register on February 13, 2026. It took effect on March 16, 2026.
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What the agency says
The Section 3 rule "Enhancing and Streamlining the Implementation of Section 3 Requirements for Creating Economic Opportunities for Low- and Very Low-Income Persons and Eligible Businesses" published in the Federal Register on September 29, 2020, includes a requirement that the HUD Secretary update Section 3 project thresholds "not less than once every 5 years based on a national construction cost inflation factor through Federal Register notice not subject to public comment." This notice serves as an update of the 2020 version of the final rule, discusses the establishment of a national construction cost inflation factor for Section 3 projects, and establishes new Section 3 project thresholds.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-03002
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Notification of Section 3 Project Funding Threshold Updates
- Agency
- Housing and Urban Development Department
- Published
- February 13, 2026
- Takes effect
- March 16, 2026
- Dates
- Effective Date: March 16, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. FR-6085-N-05
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 24 CFR 75
- Pages
- 5
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