Section 3 Benchmarks for Creating Economic Opportunities for Low- and Very Low-Income Persons and Eligible Businesses

What it does

HUD's regulations require that HUD set Section 3 benchmarks by publishing a notification, subject to public comment, in the Federal Register and update the benchmarks no less frequently than once every three years by the same method of notification. This document serves as an update of the 2023 benchmark Notice and requests public comment about the Section 3 benchmark goals.

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 9 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 November 4, 2026. The public comment period for the Notice published in the Federal Register is December 4, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket HUD-2026-1651 on Regulations.gov
• Title 24 on eCFR

The record as published

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