Code of Alabama - Title 24: Housing - Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 24-1-1 Payments to cities, counties, etc., for maintenance of low rent housing projects, etc
  Any housing authority created by or pursuant to this title may agree to make such payments to the city or county, the state or any...
• Section 24-1-2 Housing research and studies
  In addition to all its other powers, any housing authority created by or pursuant to this title may, within its area of operation, undertake and...
• Section 24-1-3 Rural housing projects
  (a) Until a purchaser makes full payment for a dwelling which is constructed by a county or regional housing authority in a rural area, such...
• Section 24-1-4 Agreements of municipal, county, or regional housing authorities to secure federal contributions
  In addition to the powers conferred upon a housing authority created for a city or county or a regional housing authority by other provisions of...
• Section 24-1-5 Powers conferred by Sections 24-1-1 through 24-1-4 supplemental
  The powers conferred by Sections 24-1-1 through 24-1-4 shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, and nothing contained...
• Section 24-1-6 Establishment of rentals and tenant selection in low rent housing projects
  (a) It is declared to be the policy of this state that each housing authority shall manage and operate its low rent housing projects in...
• Section 24-1-7 Creation, etc., of certain housing authorities validated
  (a) The creation, establishment and organization of housing authorities that have issued bonds under the provisions of this title, together with all proceedings, acts and...
• Section 24-1-8 Certain agreements and obligations of housing authorities validated
  (a) All agreements and undertakings of housing authorities created or established under this title prior to July 7, 1943, entered into relating to financing, or...
• Section 24-1-9 Issuance, etc., of notes and bonds by housing authorities validated
  (a) All proceedings, acts and things undertaken or done prior to July 7, 1943, in or for the authorization, issuance, execution, and delivery of notes...
• Section 24-1-10 Establishing eligibility for public housing, rent subsidies, etc., by fraudulent means; misdemeanor; penalty; notice requirement
  (a) "Public housing" as used in this section shall mean housing which is constructed, operated, or maintained by the state, a county, a municipal corporation,...
• Article 2 Municipal Housing Authorities.
• Section 24-1-20 Short title
  This article may be referred to as the Housing Authorities Law.
• Section 24-1-21 Legislative findings and declaration of necessity
  It is hereby declared that unsanitary or unsafe dwelling and public school accommodations exist in various cities of the state and that such unsafe or...
• Section 24-1-22 Definitions
  The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this article, shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the...
• Section 24-1-23 Procedure for incorporation of authority; boundaries of authority; denial of petition for incorporation; resubmission of petition after denial
  Any 25 residents of a city or of the area within 10 miles from the territorial boundaries thereof may file a petition with the city...
• Section 24-1-24 Composition of authority; compensation of commissioners; quorum; officers and employees; delegation of powers and duties by authority
  (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an authority shall consist of five commissioners appointed by the mayor, who shall designate the first chair. None...
• Section 24-1-24.1 One commissioner to be a public housing resident or housing assistance recipient
  To the extent required by federal law, one member of a municipal housing authority shall be a resident of public housing or a recipient of...
• Section 24-1-26 Conflicts of interest of commissioners or employees
  No commissioner or employee of an authority shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any housing project or in any property included or planned...
• Section 24-1-27 Powers and duties of authority
  (a) An authority shall constitute a public body and a body corporate and politic exercising public powers, and having all the powers necessary or convenient...
• Section 24-1-28 Acquisition of property by eminent domain
  (a) The authority may acquire by eminent domain any property, real or personal, which it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this...
• Section 24-1-29 Acquisition, etc., of property for government housing projects
  The authority may acquire by purchase, or by the exercise of its power of eminent domain as provided in Section 24-1-28, any property, real or...
• Section 24-1-30 Authority housing projects subject to local zoning, building, etc., laws
  All housing projects of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary and building laws, ordinances and regulations applicable to the locality in...
• Section 24-1-31 Issuance of bonds by authority; types of and security for bonds generally; liability on bonds
  An authority shall have power to issue bonds, from time to time, in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. An authority shall also...
• Section 24-1-32 Form, denominations, terms, etc., of bonds; sale of bonds; issuance of interim certificates, etc
  The bonds of the authority shall be authorized by its resolution and shall be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date...
• Section 24-1-33 Powers of authority to secure payment of bonds, etc
  In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of any obligation under a lease and in order to secure the payment of such...
• Section 24-1-34 Contracts, etc., with federal government for construction, etc., of housing projects
  In addition to the powers conferred upon the authority by other provisions of this article, the authority is empowered to borrow money or accept grants...
• Section 24-1-35 Mortgages of authority property in connection with government financed projects
  In connection with any project financed in whole or in part by a government, the authority shall also have power to mortgage all or any...
• Section 24-1-36 Investment by state, fiduciaries, banks, etc., in bonds, etc., issued by authorities
  Notwithstanding any restrictions on investments contained in any laws of this state, the state and all public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions other than county...
• Section 24-1-37 Remedies of obligee of authority generally
  An obligee of the authority shall have the right, in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on such obligee, subject only to...
• Section 24-1-38 Remedies conferrable upon obligees of authority by trust indenture, mortgage, etc
  Any authority shall have power by its trust indenture, mortgage, lease, or other contract to confer upon any obligee holding, or representing, a specified amount...
• Section 24-1-39 Remedies cumulative
  All the rights and remedies conferred by this article shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights and remedies that may be conferred...
• Section 24-1-40 Exemption of authority property from mortgage foreclosures, levy, and execution and judgment liens
  No interest of the authority in any property, real or personal, shall be subject to sale by the foreclosure of a mortgage thereon, either through...
• Section 24-1-41 Title acquired by purchasers at sale of authority property subject to agreements with government
  Notwithstanding anything in this article to the contrary, any purchaser or purchasers at a sale of real or personal property of the authority, whether pursuant...
• Section 24-1-42 Security for funds deposited by authorities in banks and trust companies
  The authority may by resolution provide that all moneys deposited by it shall be secured by obligations of the United States or of the State...
• Section 24-1-43 Annual report and recommendations of authority
  The authority shall at least once a year file with the mayor of the city a report of its activities for the preceding year, and...
• Section 24-1-44 Enforcement of article and contracts of authority
  The authority and its commissioners shall be under a statutory duty to comply or to cause compliance strictly with all provisions of this article and...
• Section 24-1-45 Conflicting provisions
  Insofar as the provisions of this article are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this article shall be controlling.
• Article 3 County Housing Authorities.
• Section 24-1-60 Legislative findings and declaration of necessity
  It is hereby declared that unsanitary or unsafe dwelling and public school accommodations exist in various counties of the state and that such unsafe or...
• Section 24-1-61 Definitions
  The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this article shall have the following respective meaning, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the...
• Section 24-1-62 Procedure for incorporation of authority; boundaries of authority; denial of petition for incorporation; resubmission of petition after denial
  Any 25 residents of a county may file a petition with the county commission setting forth that there is a need for an authority to...
• Section 24-1-63 Composition of authority; qualifications, appointment, term of office, and compensation of housing commissioners; officers and employees of authority; delegation of powers and duties by authority
  An authority shall consist of five housing commissioners appointed by the county commission, and the county commission shall designate the first chairman. None of the...
• Section 24-1-64 Removal of commissioners
  The county commission may remove a housing commissioner for inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, but only after the housing commissioner shall...
• Section 24-1-66 Powers and duties of authority generally
  (a) An authority shall constitute a public body and a body corporate and politic exercising public powers, and having all the powers necessary or convenient...
• Section 24-1-67 Acquisition of property by eminent domain
  The authority shall have the right to acquire by eminent domain any property, real or personal, which is necessary to carry out the purposes of...
• Section 24-1-68 Acquisition, etc., of property for government housing projects
  The authority may acquire by purchase or by the exercise of its power of eminent domain as provided in Section 24-1-67, any property, real or...
• Section 24-1-69 Authority housing projects subject to local zoning, building, etc., laws
  All housing projects of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary, and building laws, ordinances, and regulations applicable to the locality in...
• Section 24-1-70 Issuance of bonds by authority; types of and security for bonds generally; liability on bonds
  An authority shall have power to issue bonds from time to time, in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. An authority shall also...
• Section 24-1-71 Form, denominations, terms, etc., of bonds; sale of bonds; issuance of interim certificates, etc
  (a) The bonds of the authority shall be authorized by its resolution and shall be issued in one or more series and shall bear such...
• Section 24-1-72 Powers of authority to secure payment of bonds, etc
  In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of any obligation under a lease and in order to secure the payment of such...
• Section 24-1-73 Contracts, etc., with federal government for construction, etc., of housing projects
  In addition to the powers conferred upon the authority by other provisions of this article, the authority is empowered to borrow money or accept grants...
• Section 24-1-74 Mortgages of authority property in connection with government financed projects
  In connection with any project financed in whole or in part by a government, the authority shall also have power to mortgage all or any...
• Section 24-1-75 Remedies of obligee of authority generally
  An obligee of the authority shall have the right, in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on such obligee, subject only to...
• Section 24-1-76 Remedies conferrable upon obligees of authority by trust indenture, mortgage, etc
  Any authority shall have power by its trust indenture, mortgage, lease, or other contract to confer upon any obligee holding or representing, a specified amount...
• Section 24-1-77 Remedies cumulative
  All the rights and remedies conferred by this article shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights and remedies that may be conferred...
• Section 24-1-78 Exemption of authority property from mortgage foreclosures, levy, and execution and judgment liens
  No interest of the authority in any property, real or personal, shall be subject to sale by the foreclosure of a mortgage thereon, either through...
• Section 24-1-79 Title acquired by purchasers at sale of authority property subject to agreements with government
  Notwithstanding anything in this article to the contrary, any purchaser or purchasers at a sale of real or personal property of the authority, whether pursuant...
• Section 24-1-80 Security for funds deposited by authorities in banks and trust companies
  The authority may by resolution provide that all moneys deposited by it shall be secured by obligations of the United States or of the State...
• Section 24-1-81 Low income housing in rural areas
  Without limiting the generality of other provisions of this article, a county housing authority is empowered to borrow money, accept grants, and exercise its other...
• Section 24-1-82 Annual report and recommendations of authority
  The county housing authority shall, at least once a year, file with the county commission a report of its activities for the preceding year, and...
• Section 24-1-83 Enforcement of article and contracts of authority
  "The authority and its housing commissioners shall be under a statutory duty to comply or to cause compliance strictly with all provisions of this article...
• Section 24-1-84 Conflicting provisions
  Insofar as the provisions of this article are inconsistent with other provisions of this Code, the provisions of this article shall be controlling.
• Article 4 Regional and Consolidated Housing Authorities.
• Section 24-1-100 Short title
  This article may be referred to as the "Supplemental Housing Authorities Law."
• Section 24-1-101 Definitions
  The following terms, wherever used in this article, shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) AUTHORITY...
• Section 24-1-102 Procedure for incorporation
  If the governing body of each of two or more contiguous counties by resolution declares that there is a need for one housing authority to...
• Section 24-1-103 Area of operation
  The area of operation or boundaries of a regional housing authority shall include, except as otherwise provided elsewhere in this article, all of the counties...
• Section 24-1-104 Procedure for increase of area of operation
  The area of operation or boundaries of a regional housing authority shall be increased from time to time to include one or more additional contiguous...
• Section 24-1-107 Housing commissioners - Appointment, term of office and removal; filling of vacancies; certificate; powers and duties generally; quorum; chairman and other officers
  The governing body of each county included in a regional housing authority shall appoint one person as a commissioner of such authority, and each such...
• Section 24-1-105 Procedure for decrease of area of operation
  The area of operation or boundaries of a regional housing authority shall be decreased from time to time to exclude one or more counties from...
• Section 24-1-106 Public hearings and application to Secretary of State required for incorporation or change in area of operation
  The governing body of a county shall not adopt any resolution authorized by Sections 24-1-102, 24-1-104, or 24-1-105 unless a public hearing has first been...
• Section 24-1-108 Housing commissioners - Meetings; residence
  Nothing contained in this article or in other acts shall prevent meetings of the commissioners of a housing authority anywhere within the perimeter boundaries of...
• Section 24-1-109 Rights, powers, etc., of authority and commissioners generally
  Except as otherwise provided in this article, a regional housing authority and the commissioners thereof shall, within the area of operation of such regional housing...
• Section 24-1-110 Consolidated housing authorities
  If the governing body of each of two or more municipalities by resolution declares that there is a need for one housing authority for all...
• Section 24-1-111 Operation of housing authorities in municipality outside area of operation
  In addition to its other powers, any housing authority may exercise any or all of its powers within the territorial boundaries of any municipality not...
• Section 24-1-112 Procedure for adoption of resolution authorizing operation of housing authority in municipality
  No governing body of a municipality shall adopt a resolution as provided in Sections 24-1-103 or 24-1-111 declaring that there is a need for a...
• Section 24-1-113 Agreements to secure federal contributions and loans
  In any contract or amendatory or superseding contract for a loan and annual contributions heretofore or hereafter entered into between a housing authority and the...
• Section 24-1-114 Bonds and other obligations of authorities legal investments
  The bonds and other obligations issued by any housing authority pursuant to this article or this chapter shall be security for public deposits and legal...
• Section 24-1-115 Assistance and cooperation by municipalities, counties, etc
  Any municipality, county, or other public body shall have the same rights and powers to aid and cooperate in the development or administration of any...
• Section 24-1-116 Cooperation of authorities
  Any two or more authorities may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any or all of their...
• Section 24-1-117 Powers conferred by article supplemental
  The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, and nothing contained in this...
• Article 5 Cooperation of Cities, Counties, etc., With Housing Authorities.
• Section 24-1-130 Legislative findings and declaration of necessity
  It is hereby declared that unsanitary or unsafe dwelling and public school accommodations exist in various cities of the state and in the area surrounding...
• Section 24-1-131 Definitions
  The following terms whenever used or referred to in this article, shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the...
• Section 24-1-132 Powers of municipalities, counties, public bodies, etc., to aid housing authorities
  (a) For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction, or operation by housing authorities of housing projects located within the area...
• Section 24-1-133 Resolution authorizing exercise of powers granted
  The exercise by any city, county, municipal corporation, district, or other subdivision or public body or agency of the state of the powers granted in...
• Section 24-1-134 City or town may lend or donate money to housing authority; reimbursement
  Any city or town creating a housing authority shall have the power from time to time to lend or donate money to such authority or...

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