(2) in subsection (g), as so redesignated—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting at the 
end ‘‘Provided, however, that any resident of a 
public or Indian housing development or any 
other person who qualifies as a low- or very 
low-income person under the preference cat-
egories set forth in section (c)(1)(B) shall, for 
purposes of this statute, continue to qualify, as 
initially verified, as a low- or very low-income 
person for a period of five years, irrespective of 
any increase in the person’s income during that 
period.’’; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) ONE-STOP DELIVERY SYSTEM.—The term 
‘one-stop delivery system’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 134(c) of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2864(c)).’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(e) REQUIREMENT
FOR EMPLOYING LOW- AND 
VERY LOW-INCOME PERSONS.—
‘‘(1) TWENTY PERCENT REQUIREMENT.—
‘‘(A) CONDITION OF ASSISTANCE.—It shall 
be a condition of any assistance provided to a
public or Indian housing agency or contract 
awarded by a public or Indian housing agency 
for work to be performed in connection with de-
velopment assistance provided from the capital 
fund under section 9(d) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, the operating fund under 
section 9(e) of such Act, or any other Federal 
assistance for housing and community develop-
ment that, except as provided in paragraph 
2(B), a minimum of 20 percent of all hours 
worked by employees of the public or Indian 
housing agency or of a contractor in connection 
with such contract shall be performed by low- 
or very low-income persons hired in accordance 
with subsection (c)(1)(B) 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—Recipients of Fed-
eral housing and community development as-
sistance for housing rehabilitation, housing con-
struction, or other public construction projects 
and their contractors shall provide that a min-
imum of 20 percent of all hours worked by new 
employees of the recipient or its contractors 
shall be performed by low- or very low-income 
persons hired in accordance with subsection 
(c)(2)(B).
‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE.—As a condition of any con-
tract awarded for the work described in paragraph 
(1), any contractor awarded such a contract shall—
‘‘(A)(i) immediately before beginning work 
under such contract, submit evidence to the sat-
isfaction of the public or Indian housing agen-
cy, and the tenant association (or tenant dele-
gate where a tenant association does not exist) 
at the development where the contracted work 
is to be done, showing that a minimum of 20 
percent of all hours worked in connection with 
such contract shall be performed by low- or very 
low-income persons hired in accordance with 
subsection (c)(1)(B); and 
‘‘(ii) submit evidence to the satisfaction of 
the public or Indian housing agency showing 
that a minimum of 20 percent of all hours actu-
ally worked in connection with such contract 
were in fact performed by low- or very low-in-
come persons hired in accordance with sub-
section (c)(1)(B); or 
‘‘(B) if such contractor cannot meet the re-
quirement imposed by paragraph (1)—
‘‘(i) submit evidence to the satisfac-
tion of the public or Indian housing agency
and the tenant association (or tenant dele-
gate where a tenant association does not 
exist) at the development where the con-
tracted work is to be done, that such con-
tractor made a best effort to hire low- and 
very low-income persons in conformance 
with subsection (c)(1)(B) by taking steps 
which include— 
‘‘(I) recruiting and conducting 
job interviews at the affected develop-
ment and in the affected community; 
‘‘(II) working with the public and 
Indian housing agency to advertise 
and recruit low- and very low-income 
persons; and 
‘‘(III) giving notice of such con-
tract to the one-stop delivery system 
for the area which the housing subject 
to the contract is located, including 
the particular skills, knowledge, and 
abilities needed by potential employees 
for work under such contract; and 
‘‘(ii) provide to the public or Indian 
housing agency and the tenant association 
(or tenant delegate where a tenant associa-
tion does not exist) at the development 
where the contracted work is to be done, 
evidence, as the Secretary shall by regula-
tion require, sufficient to show why low- or 
very low-income persons who were provided 
by either the public or Indian housing 
agency or by the one-stop delivery system, 
or who otherwise made themselves avail-
able did not have the skills, knowledge, or 
abilities to perform the work. 
‘‘(3) TRAINING.—Any contractor awarded a 
contract for the work described in paragraph (1) 
shall provide on-the-job training to any employee 
who is a low- or very low-income person and hired 
in conformance with subsection (c)(1)(B). Such 
training may be provided through an approved ap-
prenticeship program. 
‘‘(f) RECRUITMENT, REFERRAL, AND TRAINING RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Public and Indian housing agencies 
shall—
‘‘(1) maintain a registry of eligible low- and 
very low-income persons who reside in the public 
housing which is the site of a contract referred to 
in this section;
‘‘(2) provide to any contractor and the tenant 
association (or tenant delegate where a tenant asso-
ciation does not exist) at the development where the 
contracted work is to be done, awarded such a con-
tract names and applications from low- and very 
low-income persons; 
‘‘(3) refer any low- or very low-income persons 
seeking qualifying skills to the one-stop delivery sys-
tem for the area in which the housing subject to a 
contract is located; 
‘‘(4) consult with contractors to ensure that 
with the skills, knowledge, and abilities, and in the 
priority categories of subsections (c)(1)(B) and 
(c)(2)(B) low- and very low-income persons are not 
passed over in hiring; 
‘‘(5) provide to the one-stop delivery system for 
the area in which the housing subject to a contract 
is located a detailed description of the work to be 
done on all projects for which it is accepting, or will 
be accepting, bids, and a list of the priority cat-
egories, so that eligible low- and very low-income 
persons may be appropriately trained; and 
‘‘(6) make any other effort that may be nec-
essary to increase the number of low- and very low-