Earning and Living Opportunities Act

To amend the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to ensure improved access to employment opportunities for low-income people.

8/1/2007--Introduced.
Earning and Living Opportunities Act - Amends the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to set forth as a condition of federal housing and community development assistance that:
(1) a public or Indian housing agency or contractor shall require tha more...t at least 20% of employee hours be performed by low- or very low-income persons; and
(2) a recipient of assistance for housing rehabilitation, construction, or other public construction projects and their contractors shall require that at least 20% of new employee hours be performed by low- or very low-income persons. Directs the Secretary to require a public or Indian housing agency and other recipients of federal housing and community development assistance to:
(1) establish a section 3 committee of interested parties to oversee all aspects of compliance with section 3 of such Act;
(2) advertise training and employment opportunities generated by development assistance; and
(3) maintain a registry of eligible low- and very low-income persons who express interest in those opportunities. (Section 3 declares the policy of the Congress to ensure that the employment and other economic opportunities generated by federal financial assistance for housing and community development programs shall, to the greatest extent feasible, be directed toward low- and very low-income persons, particularly those who are recipients of government assistance for housing.) Prescribes requirements for:
(1) contractor compliance and job training; and
(2) agency recruitment and referral. Establishes fines for noncompliance.

Sponsor

• Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D, NY-12]

Committees

• House Financial Services
• 1 more
  • House Financial Services
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3310

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
August 01, 2007

Related Issue Areas:

• Women's employment
• Women in business
• Women
• Welfare
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• Urban affairs
• Skilled labor
• Rural affairs
• Residential rehabilitation
• Recruiting of employees
• Public housing
• Public contracts
• Minority employment
• Minority business enterprises
• Minorities
• Maintenance and repair
• Law
• Labor
• Job training
• Infrastructure
• Indians
• Indian housing
• Housing management
• Housing authorities
• Government paperwork
• Government information
• Government contractors
• Fines (Penalties)
• Federal aid to housing
• Executive departments
• Employment
• Employee training
• Employee selection
• Directories
• Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Construction workers
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Community development
• Communications
• Business
• Building construction
• Budgets
• Apprenticeship
• Advertising
• Administrative procedure
• Housing

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