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Today the National Association of Construction Contractors Cooperation (NACCC), a

nonprofit 501-C-3 Corporation headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., launches the nation's
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Registry, accessible online at +++,c,#, will enable governmental
agencies, housing developers and general contractors constructing HUD Section 3
covered housing projects the ability to easily locate and authenticate business concerns
claiming Section 3 Certification.

For the first time in the 42-year history of the HUD Section 3 law, Section 3 certified
business concerns responsible for providing job training and employment for Americans
in both urban and rural areas on HUD Funded Projects will begin seeing intensified
efforts to implement bidding preference on their behalf. Additional efforts will ensure that
those businesses can provide employment and training opportunities to individuals who
meet low and very low income levels required by the federal law in [12 USC 1701u].

HUD directly funds billions of dollars each and every year to recipient agencies for
construction of Section 3 covered housing projects nationwide. Business concerns that
meet the eligibility qualifications are required to establish Section 3 Business Concern
Certification as stated in the "Code of Federal Regulations" (24 CFR 135) in order to
receive preference when bidding HUD Section 3 covered projects. Those businesses
are also required to provide good paying jobs (generally Davis-Bacon hourly rates) to
the individuals from within the target area of the funded projects. The law and
regulations surrounding those employment requirements have for the most part been
ignored for the past 42 years, yet billions of dollars have consistently been allocated by
HUD each year without fail on HUD Section 3 covered projects.

Without funding from HUD or any other governmental entity, NACCC facilitated all
development cost and operates and maintains the National Registry of Section 3
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robust, state of the art, business intelligence technologies and enables NACCC with
tremendous capacity to process tens of thousands of business concern certifications
virtually, while it redundantly populates and maintains the status of millions of Section 3
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NACCC was founded in 2000 and stands as a national advocacy organization for
Section 3 law implementation, compliance and enforcement. The organization is the
leading source for HUD Section 3 education to construction related business concerns
nationwide. NACCC has a memorandum of understanding with the State of Missouri
and with the State of Kansas to provide HUD Section 3 Business Concern
Certifications. NACCC recently became an affiliate member of the National Council of
State Housing Finance Agencies (NCSHA) and is listed in their 2010 membership
directory. NACCC is working to expand memorandums of understanding with all 50
state housing agencies.

The state housing agencies are direct recipients of Section 3 covered funding for low
income housing projects developed in their jurisdictions. For example, Missouri and
Kansas currently have approximately $600 million in construction projects both
approved and under development using Section 3 covered funds.

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Section 3 law is color-blind. It is not race-based. It represents the best and most
equitable method for implementing economic opportunities on behalf of all Americans
located at or below the bottom of America's economic ladder. NACCC is leading the
advocacy effort to ensure that Section 3 economic opportunities, job training and
employment for low income Americans actually take place.

The fees charged by NACCC to business concerns for Section 3 certification fund all
expenses associated with sustaining the National Registry and will enable NACCC to
place HUD Section 3 Employment Centers in select urban and rural areas, which will be
free of charge to qualified individuals to receive job training and placement.

For more information visit the official NACCC site at:

www.nacccusa.org
Or contact:
Aamir M. Muhammad, NACCC Executive National Administrator: 816-923-5399