Housing Authorities Law
Alabama · Housing · §§ 24-1-20 to 24-1-45 · 27 sections
Overview
This act authorizes local and regional public bodies to create housing authorities and sets out how they come into being and operate — the resolution of necessity and supporting factual findings required to activate one, including determinations about unsafe or insanitary conditions and the housing needs of persons of low income, together with the appointment, terms, officers, compensation, and conflict-of-interest duties of its commissioners and its treatment of bonds and real property, which is exempted from execution, judgment liens, and similar process. It also governs the landlord–tenant side of public housing, specifying the conditions under which a tenant may be required to vacate and a termination procedure built on written notice with prescribed contents and service, competing affidavits from the tenant and the housing authority or landlord, and a determination by a local judicial officer. A tenant may obtain judicial review and appeal, may retain the premises pending review on stated conditions, and may be returned to public housing, and an action for damages remains available alongside these remedies.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 4 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 504 F. Supp. 716 - United States v. Housing Authority of City of Chickasaw
Sections covered
- Ala. Code § 24-1-20Short Title.1 cite
- Ala. Code § 24-1-21Legislative Findings and Declaration of Necessity.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-22Definitions.1 cite
- Ala. Code § 24-1-23Procedure for Incorporation of Authority; Boundaries of Authority; Denial of Petition for Incorporation; Resubmission of Petition After Denial.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-24Composition of Authority; Compensation of Commissioners; Quorum; Officers and Employees; Delegation of Powers and Duties.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-24.1One Commissioner to Be a Public Housing Resident or Housing Assistance Recipient.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-26Conflicts of Interest of Commissioners or Employees.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-27Powers and Duties of Authority.1 cite
- Ala. Code § 24-1-28Acquisition of Property by Eminent Domain.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-29Acquisition, Etc., of Property for Government Housing Projects.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-30Authority Housing Projects Subject to Local Zoning, Building, Etc., Laws.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-31Issuance of Bonds by Authority; Types of and Security for Bonds Generally; Liability on Bonds.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-32Form, Denominations, Terms, Etc., of Bonds; Sale of Bonds; Issuance of Interim Certificates, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-33Powers of Authority to Secure Payment of Bonds, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-34Contracts, Etc., with Federal Government for Construction, Etc., of Housing Projects.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-35Mortgages of Authority Property in Connection with Government Financed Projects.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-36Investment by State, Fiduciaries, Banks, Etc., in Bonds, Etc., Issued by Authorities.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-37Remedies of Obligee of Authority Generally.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-38Remedies Conferrable Upon Obligees of Authority by Trust Indenture, Mortgage, Etc.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-39Remedies Cumulative.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-40Exemption of Authority Property from Mortgage Foreclosures, Levy, and Execution and Judgment Liens.1 cite
- Ala. Code § 24-1-40.1Exemption of Public Housing Authorities from Taxes in Certain Circumstances.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-41Title Acquired by Purchasers at Sale of Authority Property Subject to Agreements with Government.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-42Security for Funds Deposited by Authorities in Banks and Trust Companies.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-43Annual Report and Recommendations of Authority.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-44Enforcement of Article and Contracts of Authority.
- Ala. Code § 24-1-45Conflicting Provisions.
Enacted in other states
California, Colorado, Louisiana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington
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