PRINTER'S NO. 3828
No. 504 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY BEBKO-JONES, READSHAW, CAPPABIANCA, WOJNAROSKI,
CARN, McGEEHAN, STEELMAN, DALLY, C. WILLIAMS, LEDERER,
LAUGHLIN, RAMOS, YOUNGBLOOD, ROONEY, PISTELLA, BELARDI,
SERAFINI, TRELLO, CORRIGAN, GIGLIOTTI, CORPORA, LUCYK,
M. COHEN, ROBERTS, A. H. WILLIAMS, ITKIN, MYERS, TRICH,
BOSCOLA, MELIO, THOMAS AND ARGALL, SEPTEMBER 17, 1998
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, SEPTEMBER 17, 1998
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging the Department of Community and Economic Development to
2 establish guidelines which require developers of construction
3 projects occurring within a community to hire 50% of their
4 work force from the area where the project is located.
5 WHEREAS, Over $100 million are spent annually investing in
6 economic development and particularly in housing; and
7 WHEREAS, Federal law requires that economic opportunities
8 generated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development
9 (HUD) financial assistance in housing and community development
10 projects will, to the greatest extent feasible, be given to low-
11 and very low-income persons residing in the area in which the
12 project is located and to the area businesses that provide
13 economic opportunities to low- and very low-income persons; and
14 WHEREAS, Specific housing and community development
15 activities covered by Federal law include construction,
16 reconstruction, conversion or rehabilitation of housing and
17 other buildings or improvements, as well as related activities
1 such as planning, architectural services, consultation,
2 maintenance, repair and accounting; and
3 WHEREAS, Local development trends have expanded into urban
4 and rural areas; and
5 WHEREAS, The developers should utilize a local work force on
6 all major construction projects, which will result in bringing
7 thousands of dollars annually into urban and rural areas where
8 rapid development has been occurring; therefore be it
9 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the
10 Department of Community and Economic Development to establish
11 guidelines for developers to use 50% of their work force from
12 the area where the project is located for all inner-city, urban
13 and rural development projects.
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