24 CFR § 906.37 - Davis-Bacon and HUD wage rate requirements.

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title: "24 CFR § 906.37 - Davis-Bacon and HUD wage rate requirements."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "906.37"
section_name: "Davis-Bacon and HUD wage rate requirements."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "906"
part_name: "PUBLIC HOUSING HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1437z-4 and 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 1172, Mar. 11, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
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# 906.37 Davis-Bacon and HUD wage rate requirements.

(a) *Wage rates applicable to laborers and mechanics.* Wage rate requirements in accordance with § 968.110(e) of this title apply to the following activities:

(1) Rehabilitation, repairs, and accessibility modifications performed under an agreement or contract with the PHA or by the PHA, pursuant to § 906.7. Davis-Bacon or HUD-determined wage rates apply as follows:

(i) Existing public housing units that will be sold under a homeownership program: Davis-Bacon rates apply, except that HUD rates apply to nonroutine maintenance as defined in § 968.105 of this title;

(ii) Non-public housing units acquired by a PHA using Capital Funds that will be sold under a homeownership program: Davis-Bacon rates apply; and

(iii) Non-public housing units owned or acquired by a PHA with the intent to use 1937 Act funds to finance the sale of the units, or otherwise provide assistance to purchasers of the units: Davis-Bacon rates apply;

(2) New construction of non-public housing units pursuant to a contract for acquisition by a PHA for the purpose of sale under a homeownership program: Davis-Bacon rates apply;

(3) Operation, rehabilitation, and repair of units operated as public housing units by a PRE: HUD rates apply to nonroutine maintenance, as defined in § 968.105 of this title, and routine maintenance. Davis-Bacon rates apply to rehabilitation and repair that does not qualify as nonroutine maintenance.

(b) *Technical wage rates.* All architects, technical engineers, draftsmen, and technicians employed in the development of units under a homeownership program shall be paid not less than the HUD-determined wage rates in accordance with § 968.100(f) of this title.