Do you have a job skill? You could find a job with a company doing work for the King County Housing Authority. When a KCHA vendor needs to hire additional staff or workers for a KCHA project, that company is required, to the greatest extent possible, to hire and/or contract with residents of HUD-subsidized housing. This requirement, called Section 3, was enacted by HUD in 1968 to give residents opportunities for upward mobility.

If you would like KCHA vendors to know about your job skills and readiness to work, we can help. Please contact Tim Baker at (206) 574-1111 or timb@kcha.org to learn more about the Section 3 program.

There is no guarantee of employment, and KCHA cannot force a business to hire or contract any specific person or company not qualified to perform the needed job task.

For Businesses

Your company could qualify as a Section 3 business. Section 3 businesses are awarded points when their responses to requests for proposal (RFPs) and requests for qualifications (RFQs) are evaluated. A list of Section 3 businesses will be made available to KCHA contractors and/or KCHA staff upon request.

To qualify as a Section 3 business, your company must meet one of the four following criteria:

51 percent or more of your business is owned by Section 3 persons
30 percent or more of your permanent, full-time employees are Section 3 persons
Your business participates in a local HUD Youthbuild program
Your business subcontracts 25 percent or more of the contract’s value to Section 3 businesses (see 1 & 2 above)

If you think your business qualifies, please contact Tim Baker at (206) 574-1111 or timb@kcha.org to get on the Section 3 business list.