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Britt applauds HUD secretary nominee Scott Turner at Senate hearing

Britt questioned Turner about how he would measure efficiency in HUD’s programming.

January 17, 2025

Public housing residents challenge Mobile Housing Authority executive director

The executive director has come under intense criticism from residents of the city's public housing.

September 10, 2024

Rep. Sewell announces $2.1 million HUD Grant to expand affordable housing in Birmingham

Birmingham has been awarded over $2.1 million from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to expand affordable housing.

November 29, 2023

Sewell to welcome HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge to Birmingham

Rep. Sewell, Secretary Fudge, and Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin will meet with residents at Smithfield Court and hold a press conference.

July 25, 2023

A profile of Caroline Bundy and the Way Station

The Way Station is a shelter with wrap-around services geared for the particular needs of homeless youth that will open in Birmingham this fall.

June 10, 2022

Want to honor veterans? We could start by keeping promises

We routinely break our promises to America's veterans, and there's no better example of this than our mental health care failures.

November 12, 2021

$20 billion of NACA’s Best in America mortgage is available to Alabama residents

The program provides mortgages to predominately minority low-to-moderate income homebuyers who otherwise might not have the opportunity to become a homeowner.

June 16, 2021

Someone should be fired for Decatur’s racist housing practices

Decatur Housing Authority employees admitted to the segregation practices, in which they routinely bypassed Black applicants on the waiting lists.

August 12, 2020

Jones urges administration to enforce coronavirus crisis housing eviction bans

Alabama Sen. Doug Jones and Montana Sen. Jon Tester led senators in writing a letter to President Donald Trump’s administration, asking that housing eviction bans be enforced during the coronavirus pandemic. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to put many Americans in danger of falling behind on monthly rent payments, the senators are urging the administration … Continued

July 21, 2020

Jones urges Trump Administration to address unsafe radon levels in public housing

On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Doug Jones, D-Alabama, joined a growing number of federal lawmakers in urging the Trump administration to address reports of hazardous levels of radon in public housing in Huntsville. Jones sent a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson, citing an investigation conducted by AL.com and … Continued

February 3, 2020