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Land bank, Arbor and HCR discuss Section 3 and feasibility for homebuyer development program
Summary
Staff and Arbor representatives reported that HCR’s Section 3 hiring and residency goals (including a 25% hours minimum and a 5% within‑1‑mile residency target) present compliance challenges in rural areas; Arbor will pursue further guidance and the option agreement will be updated with deep restriction language.
Land bank staff and representatives of Arbor discussed compliance questions on a homebuyer development program application after a meeting with Marjorie from HCR. The group flagged HCR’s Section 3 goals — including a target that 25% of total project hours be filled by Section 3 workers and an additional requirement that 5% of those workers live within one mile of the project site — as difficult to meet in the local, rural workforce.
Staff said HCR’s initial guidance was to make “best efforts” to comply with Section 3 goals in lieu of a clear rural exemption. As a result,…
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