Section 3 Project Threshold Updates for Creating Economic Opportunities for Low- and Very Low-Income Persons and Eligible Businesses

What it does

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.

The Housing and Urban Development Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

24 CFR 75

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Housing and Urban Development Department has published 10 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 10 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Effective Date: March 16, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket HUD-2019-0019 on Regulations.gov
• Title 24 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register