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Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 <br />No person in the United States shall on the ground of race, color, national origin, or sex be <br />excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under <br />any program or activity funded in whole or in part with funds made available under this title. <br />"Section 3" Compliance in the Provision of Training Employrnent and Business Opportunities <br />A. The work to be performed under this contract is on a project assisted under a program <br />providing direct Federal financial assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban <br />Development and is subject to the requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban <br />Development Act of 1968, as amended, 12 U.S.C. 1701u. Section 3 requires that to the <br />greatest extent feasible, opportunities for training and employment be given lower <br />income residents of the project area and contracts for wark in connection with the project <br />be awarded <br />to business concerns which are located in, or owned in substantial part by, persons <br />residing in the area of the project. <br />B. The parties to this contract will comply with the provisions of said Section 3 and the <br />regulations issued pursuant thereto by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development <br />set forth in 24 C.F.R. 235, and all applicable rules and orders of the Department issued <br />thereunder prior to the execution of this Contract. The parties to this Contract certify and <br />agree that they are under no contractual or other disability which would prevent them <br />from complying with these requirements. <br />C. The Contractor will send to each labor organization or representative of workers with <br />which he/she has a collective bargaining agreement or other contract or understanding, if <br />any, a notice advising the said labor organization or workers' representative of his/her <br />commitments under this Section 3 clause and shall post copies of the notice in <br />conspicuous places available to employees and applicants for employment or training. <br />D. The Contractor will include this Section 3 clause in every subcontract for work in <br />connection with the project and will, at the direction of the applicant for or recipient of <br />Federal financial assistance, take appropriate action pursuant to the subcontract upon a <br />finding that the subcontractor is in violation of regulations issued by the Secretary of <br />Housing and Urban Development, 24 C.F.R., Part 135. The Contractor will not <br />subcontract with any subcontractor where it has notice or knowledge that the latter has <br />been found in violation of regulations under 24 C.F.R. Part 135 and will not let any <br />subcontract unless the subcontractor has first provided it with a preliminary statement of <br />ability to comply with the requirements of these regulations. <br />E. Compliance with the provisions of Section 3, the regulations set forth in 24 C.F.R. Part <br />135, and all applicable rules and orders of the Department issued hereunder prior to the <br />execution of the contract, shall be a condition of the Federal financial assistance provided <br />to the project, binding upon the applicant or recipient for such assistance, its successors <br />12 <br />