---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 906.37"
title: "24"
number: "906.37"
heading: "Davis-Bacon and HUD wage rate requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/906.37"
---

# §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)](/cfr/24/968.110.md?p=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](/cfr/24/906.7.md). 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](/cfr/24/968.105.md) 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](/cfr/24/968.105.md) 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)](/cfr/24/968.100.md?p=f) of this title.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1437z-4 and 3535(d).

### Source

Source: 68 FR 1172, Mar. 11, 2003, unless otherwise noted.