1. Section 3 COSCDA Program Managers Conference March 13, 2017
Rafiq Munir
Economic Opportunity Division
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

2. What’s New in Section 3 Update on Section 3 Proposed Rule
Section 3 Reporting with SPEARS
Trends
SPEARS Reporting System
Section 3 Business Registry
Other Initiatives

3. Section 3 Proposed Rule
Published in the Federal Register March 27,
60-Day Comment Period ended May 26, 2015
Departmental Review of Comments thru Nov/Dec 2016
Current status: waiting for direction from new administration

4. Section 3 Trends $4.8B 26,000 2012 - 2015 Section 3 Businesses
Section 3 Contracting
26,000
Section 3 Businesses
receiving contracts 4 4 4

5. Evolution of SPEARS- Section 3 Performance Evaluation and Registry System
Nov/Dec 2013: Initial launch disabled due to technical challenges
Aug 2015 – Successful Relaunch: Registration for access via Web Access Secure System (WASS)
SPEARS 2.0: Elimination of unnecessary granularity, Program Code Program Areas
SPEARS 3.0: May 2017, auto reminders, presentation of expected reports
SPEARS 4.0: ??? 5

6. Section 3 Business Registry6

7. US Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Economic Opportunity Division