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OLR: Why we do what we do

Here are the basic statutes and regulations governing labor standards in HUD programs:

Community Development Block Grant
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as Amended, Section 110

CDBG Regulations: 24CFR 570.603

Exemption for Indian CDBG Program - 24CFR 1003.603

Home
National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, Section 286(a)

Home Regulations: 24CFR 92.354

Public and Indian Housing/Hawaiian Homelands
U.S. Housing Act of 1937, as amended, Section 12(a) for Public Housing; and Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, as amended, Section 104(b) and 805(b) of the Indian Housing and the Hawaiian Homelands, respectively.

PIH Regulations:
Public Housing Modernization - 24CFR 968.110(e)

Indian Housing - 24CFR 1000.16

Note the difference for the Public Housing statute & regulations. They include both prevailing wage requirements for development work (Davis-Bacon wages) and for operations (e.g., maintenance and nonroutine maintenance) work. These additional clauses require that all maintenance laborers and mechanics employed in the operation of low-income housing projects/affordable housing be paid no less than the wage rates prevailing in the locality as determined or adopted (subsequent to a determination under applicable State, local or tribal law) by HUD. OLR staff determines or adopts the prevailing wage rates for public and Indian housing programs where such work is covered by Tribally-determined prevailing wage rates. (Ref. NAHASDA, Section 104(b)(3))