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AL Code § 24-7A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 7A - Alabama Indian Housing Authority.|Section 24-7A-3 - Powers of Authority.

Section 24-7A-3Powers of authority. The authority may: (1) Undertake research and studies and analyses of housing needs in the State of Alabama, and the means by which such needs may be met, including data with respect to population and family groups and the distribution thereof according to income groups, the amount and quality of available housing and its distribution according to rental and sales prices, and employment, wage, and other factors affecting the local housing needs and the meeting thereof, and make the results and analyses available to the public and the building, housing, and supply industries. (2) Enter into contracts with cities, towns, counties, and other housing authorities in the state for the purpose of carrying out this section. (3) Establish rentals and select tenants in low-income rental housing projects under its jurisdiction. (4) Issue bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness for the purpose of financing the construction of housing for low-income persons pursuant to Title 24, Code of Federal Regulations Part 905 Indian Housing: Revised Consolidated Program Regulations; Interim Rule. (5) Obtain, rent, lease, or otherwise obtain from any county, city, or state, properties of the public bodies as are offered for use to the authority for the purpose of providing housing to low-income persons and families in Indian areas. (6) Enter into contracts and agreements with agents of the federal government for the purpose of purchasing land, acquiring, constructing, renovating, providing streets, utilities, and landscaping grounds for rental and other housing for low-income persons and families in designated Indian areas. (7) Exercise any additional powers, rights, and functions specified for municipal housing authorities created under Sections 24-1-20 to 24-1-45, inclusive. All laws applicable to housing authorities created under Title 24, for municipalities and the commissioner of the authorities shall be applicable to the authority, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context. The commission may exercise all appointing and other powers with respect to an Indian Housing Authority that are vested in the chief executive officer and governing body of a municipality under this title, with respect to municipal housing authorities. Rentals and tenant selection associated with projects of the authority shall be in accordance with this title, with respect to municipal housing authorities. (Acts 1993, No. 93-351, p. 540, §2(c).)
AL Code § 24-7A-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 7A - Alabama Indian Housing Authority.|Section 24-7A-4 - Area of Operation.

Section 24-7A-4Area of operation. Subject to the limitations of this section, the authority may operate anywhere in the State of Alabama that is an Indian area. The authority shall not undertake any housing project or projects within the area of operation of any city, county, or regional housing authority unless a resolution is adopted by the city, county, or regional housing authority declaring that there is a need for the authority to exercise its powers within the city, county, or regional housing authority's area of operation. (Acts 1993, No. 93-351, p. 540, §2(d).)
AL Code § 24-8-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 8 - Alabama Fair Housing Law.|Section 24-8-1 - Short Title.

Section 24-8-1Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Fair Housing Law." (Acts 1991, No. 91-659, p. 1248, §1.)
AL Code § 24-8-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 8 - Alabama Fair Housing Law.|Section 24-8-2 - Policy of State.

Section 24-8-2Policy of state. Within constitutional limitations, it is the policy of this state to provide for fair housing throughout the state. (Acts 1991, No. 91-659, p. 1248, §2.)
AL Code § 24-8-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 8 - Alabama Fair Housing Law.|Section 24-8-4 - Unlawful Discriminatory Housing Practices.

Section 24-8-4Unlawful discriminatory housing practices. It shall be unlawful: (1) To refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide offer, to refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of, or otherwise to make unavailable or deny a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin; (2) To discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection with it, because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin; (3) To make, print or publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published, any notice, statement, or advertisement with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin or an intention to make the preference, limitation, or discrimination; (4) To represent to any person because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin that any dwelling is not available to inspection, sale or rental when the dwelling is available; (5) For profit, to induce or attempt to induce any person to sell or rent any dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin; (6) To discriminate in the sale or rental, or to otherwise make unavailable or deny, a dwelling to any buyer or renter because of a handicap of: a. That buyer or renter; b. A person residing in or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is sold, rented, or made available; or c. Any person associated with that buyer or renter; (7) To discriminate against a person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling, or in the provision of services or facilities in connection with the dwelling, because of a handicap of: a. That person; b. A person residing in or intending to reside in that dwelling after it is sold, rented, or made available; or c. Any person associated with that person. (Acts 1991, No. 91-659, p. 1248, §4.)
AL Code § 24-8-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 8 - Alabama Fair Housing Law.|Section 24-8-5 - Discrimination in Services, Organizations, or Facilities Relating to Business of Selling or Renting Dwellings.

Section 24-8-5Discrimination in services, organizations, or facilities relating to business of selling or renting dwellings. It shall be unlawful to deny any person access to, or membership or participation in, any multiple listing service, real estate brokers' organization, or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings or to discriminate against him or her in the terms or conditions of the access, membership, or participation on account of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. (Acts 1991, No. 91-659, p. 1248, §5; Acts 1995, No. 95-676, p. 1472, §1.)
AL Code § 24-8-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 8 - Alabama Fair Housing Law.|Section 24-8-6 - Discrimination in Residential Real Estate Related Transactions.

Section 24-8-6Discrimination in residential real estate related transactions. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person or other entity whose business includes engaging in residential real estate related transactions to discriminate against any person in making available such a transaction, or in the terms or conditions of the transaction, because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. (b) As used in this section, "residential real estate related transaction" means any of the following: (1) The making or purchasing of loans or providing other financial assistance: a. For purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining a dwelling; or b. Secured by residential real estate; or (2) The selling, brokering, or appraising of residential real property. (c) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a person engaged in the business of furnishing appraisals of real property to take into consideration factors other than race, color, religion, national origin, sex, handicap, or familial status. (Acts 1991, No. 91-659, p. 1248, §6.)
AL Code § 24-8-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 8 - Alabama Fair Housing Law.|Section 24-8-8 - Interference With Person in Exercise of Right Granted Under Chapter.

Section 24-8-8Interference with person in exercise of right granted under chapter. It shall be unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the enjoyment of, exercise of, or the aid or encouragement of any other person in the exercise of any right granted under this chapter. (Acts 1991, No. 91-659, p. 1248, §8; Acts 1995, No. 95-676, p. 1472, §1.)
AL Code § 24-8-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 8 - Alabama Fair Housing Law.|Section 24-8-9 - Office to Administer Provisions and May Delegate Functions, Duties, Powers to Employees.

Section 24-8-9Office to administer provisions and may delegate functions, duties, powers to employees. (a) The office shall administer the provisions of this chapter. (b) The office may delegate any of its functions, duties, and powers to its employees including functions, duties, and powers with respect to investigating, conciliating, hearing, determining, ordering, certifying, reporting, or otherwise acting as to any work, business, or matter under this chapter. (Acts 1991, No. 91-659, p. 1248, §9.)
AL Code § 24-8-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 8 - Alabama Fair Housing Law.|Section 24-8-10 - Powers of Office.

Section 24-8-10Powers of office. The office may do any of the following: (1) Promulgate regulations necessary for the enforcement of this chapter which shall not exceed the requirements of the 1988 Fair Housing Amendments Act (Pub. L. No. 100-430) and any subsequent amendments to it. (2) Make studies with respect to the nature and extent of discriminatory housing practices in representative urban, suburban, and rural communities throughout the state. (3) Publish and disseminate reports, recommendations, and information derived from the studies. (4) Cooperate with and render technical assistance to public or private agencies, organizations, and institutions within the state which are formulating or carrying on programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices. (5) Cooperate with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to achieve the purposes of that department and cooperate with other federal, state, and local agencies and departments. (6) Accept reimbursement for services rendered to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. (7) Accept gifts or bequests, grants, or other donations, public or private. (8) Institute proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, for cause shown, to seek appropriate temporary or preliminary injunctive relief pending final administrative disposition of a complaint. (9) Contract with persons and organizations to perform services as it may consider reasonably necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and to accept reimbursement for services rendered pursuant to the contract. However, the office shall not delegate its decision making authority to a nongovernmental agency. This decision making authority includes acceptance of complaints, approval of conciliation agreements, dismissal of complaints, final disposition of complaints, or other enforcement powers granted by this chapter. (10) Make contractual agreements within the scope and authority of this chapter with any agency of the federal government. An agreement with the Department of Housing and Urban Development may include provisions under which the office shall refrain from processing a charge in this state in any class specified in the agreement. (11) Affirmatively administer the programs and activities to further the policies of this chapter. (Acts 1991, No. 91-659, p. 1248, §10; Acts 1995, No. 95-676, p. 1472, §1.)
AL Code § 24-8-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 8 - Alabama Fair Housing Law.|Section 24-8-11 - Procedures for Investigation; Subpoenas.

Section 24-8-11Procedures for investigation; subpoenas. (a) In conducting an investigation, the office shall have access at all reasonable times to premises, records, documents, individuals, and other evidence or possible sources of evidence and may examine, record, and copy the materials and take and record the testimony or statements of persons as are reasonably necessary for the furtherance of the investigation, provided the office first complies with the constitutional provisions relating to unreasonable searches and seizures. The office may issue subpoenas to compel its access to or the production of the materials or the appearance of the persons and may issue interrogatories to a respondent, to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as would apply if the subpoenas or interrogatories were issued or served in aid of a civil action in court. The office may administer oaths. Any examination, recording, copying of materials, and the taking and recording of testimony or statements of persons as reasonably are necessary for the furtherance of the investigation must be solely related to the complaint for which the subpoena was issued. (b) Upon written application to the office, a respondent is entitled to the issuance of a reasonable number of subpoenas by and in the name of the office to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as subpoenas issued by the office itself. A subpoena issued at the request of a respondent shall show on its face the name and address of the respondent and shall state that it was issued at his request. (c) Within five days after service of a subpoena upon any person, the person may petition the office to revoke or modify the subpoena. The office shall grant the petition if it finds that the subpoena requires appearance or attendance at an unreasonable time or place, that it requires production of evidence which does not relate to any matter under investigation, that it does not describe with sufficient particularity the evidence to be produced, or that compliance would be unduly onerous or for other good reason. (d) In case of refusal to obey a subpoena, the office or the person at whose request the subpoena was issued may petition for its enforcement in the circuit court for the county in which the person to whom the subpoena was addressed resides, was served, or transacts business. (e) Witnesses summoned by a subpoena under this chapter are entitled to the same witness and mileage fees as witnesses in proceedings in court. Fees payable to a witness summoned by a subpoena issued at the request of a party must be paid by that party or, where a party is unable to pay the fees, by the office. (Acts 1991, No. 91-659, p. 1248, §11.)
AL Code § 24-8-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 8 - Alabama Fair Housing Law.|Section 24-8-14 - Civil Action; Sale, Encumbrance, Etc. Consummated Before Issuance of Order; Relief and Award.

Section 24-8-14Civil action; sale, encumbrance, etc. consummated before issuance of order; relief and award. (a) A civil action must be commenced within one year after the alleged discriminatory housing practice has occurred. However, the court shall continue a civil case brought pursuant to this section, from time to time, before bringing it to trial if the court believes that the conciliation efforts of the office or local agency are likely to result in satisfactory settlement of the discriminatory housing practice complained of in the complaint made to the office or to the local agency and which practice forms the basis for the action in court. Any sale, encumbrance, or rental consummated before the issuance of any court order issued under the authority of this chapter and involving a bona fide purchaser, encumbrances, or tenant without actual notice of the existence of the filing of a complaint or civil action under the provisions of this chapter are not affected. A civil action may be commenced by an aggrieved person whether or not a complaint has been filed with the office. (b) The court may grant as relief, as it considers appropriate, any permanent or temporary injunction, temporary restraining order, or other order and may award the plaintiff actual damages, and punitive damages, together with court costs and reasonable attorney's fees in the case of a prevailing party, if the prevailing party in the opinion of the court is not financially able to assume the attorney's fees. (Acts 1991, No. 91-659, p. 1248, §14.)
AL Code § 24-8-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 8 - Alabama Fair Housing Law.|Section 24-8-15 - Similar Complaint Filed With Another Agency With Authority to Investigate Violation of Chapter.

Section 24-8-15Similar complaint filed with another agency with authority to investigate violation of chapter. Before accepting any complaint under this chapter, the office shall determine if the complainant has filed a similar complaint with the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation of the Federal Reserve System, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any other agency with authority to investigate and resolve complaints alleging a violation of this chapter. If a complaint has been filed or is filed, subsequently the office shall coordinate efforts to resolve the complaint with that agency in order to avoid multiple investigations of the respondent. (Acts 1991, No. 91-659, p. 1248, §15.)
AL Code § 24-8A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 8A - Alabama Assistance and Service Animal Integ|Section 24-8A-1 - Short Title.

Section 24-8A-1Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Assistance and Service Animal Integrity in Housing Act. (Act 2018-235, §1.)
AL Code § 24-8A-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 8A - Alabama Assistance and Service Animal Integ|Section 24-8A-2 - Definitions.

Section 24-8A-2Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ASSISTANCE ANIMAL. An animal, other than a service animal, that qualifies as a reasonable accommodation under the Fair Housing Act, Public Law 90-284, 42 U.S.C. § 3601, et seq., or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Public Law 93-112, 29 U.S.C. § 794. This term includes an emotional support animal when the animal qualifies as a reasonable accommodation. (2) DISABILITY. A physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities. (3) LANDLORD. A person or company that owns, manages, or enforces pet policies in housing subject to the Fair Housing Act or the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. (4) RELIABLE DOCUMENTATION. Documentation allowed to be requested upon receipt of a request for reasonable accommodation under the Fair Housing Act or Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The term only includes documentation from a medical provider of the person in need of the reasonable accommodation. (5) SERVICE ANIMAL. An animal, other than an assistance animal, that qualifies as a service animal under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The term includes those animals being trained to be a service animal. (Act 2018-235, §2.)
AL Code § 24-8A-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 8A - Alabama Assistance and Service Animal Integ|Section 24-8A-3 - Documentation Requirements.

Section 24-8A-3Documentation requirements. (a) A landlord who receives a request from a person to make an exception to a policy of the landlord that prohibits animals on the property of the landlord because the person requires the use of an assistance animal may require the person to produce reliable documentation of the following: (1) A disability, only if the disability is not readily apparent or known to the landlord. (2) A disability-related need for the animal, only if the disability-related need is not readily apparent or known to the landlord. (b) All documentation obtained pursuant to this section must be kept confidential in accordance with the Fair Housing Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. (Act 2018-235, §3.)
AL Code § 24-8A-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 8A - Alabama Assistance and Service Animal Integ|Section 24-8A-4 - Misrepresentation of Entitlement to Assistance Animal or Service Animal.

Section 24-8A-4Misrepresentation of entitlement to assistance animal or service animal. (a) A person commits the offense of misrepresentation of entitlement to an assistance animal or service animal if the person intentionally does either of the following: (1) Misrepresents to another person that a person has a disability or disability-related need for the use of an assistance animal or service animal in housing. (2) Makes materially false statements for the purpose of obtaining documentation for the use of an assistance animal or service animal in housing. (b)(1) Upon a first offense, a violation of subsection (a) shall be subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) or treated as a Class C misdemeanor. (2) Upon a second or subsequent offense, a violation of subsection (a) shall be a Class B misdemeanor. (Act 2018-235, §4.)
AL Code § 24-8A-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 8A - Alabama Assistance and Service Animal Integ|Section 24-8A-5 - Misrepresentation of Animal as Assistance Animal or Service Animal.

Section 24-8A-5Misrepresentation of animal as assistance animal or service animal. (a) A person commits the offense of misrepresentation of an animal as an assistance animal or service animal if a person intentionally does any of the following: (1) Creates a document that misrepresents an animal as an assistance animal or service animal for use in housing. (2) Provides a document to another person falsely stating that an animal is an assistance animal or service animal for use in housing. (3) Fits an animal, which is not an assistance animal or service animal, with a harness, collar, vest, or sign that the pet is an assistance animal or service animal for use in housing. (b)(1) Upon a first offense, a violation of subsection (a) shall be subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) or treated as a Class C misdemeanor. (2) Upon a second or subsequent offense, a violation of subsection (a) shall be a Class B misdemeanor. (Act 2018-235, §5.)
AL Code § 24-9-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 9 - Alabama Land Bank Authority.|Section 24-9-1 - Short Title.

Section 24-9-1Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Land Bank Authority Act. (Act 2009-738, p. 2203, §1.)
AL Code § 24-9-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 9 - Alabama Land Bank Authority.|Section 24-9-2 - Purpose.

Section 24-9-2Purpose. The Alabama Land Bank Authority is hereby created for the purpose of acquiring tax delinquent properties in order to foster the public purpose of rehabilitating land which is in a nonrevenue-generating, nontax-producing status to an effective utilization status in order to provide housing, new industry, new commercial and economic development, other productive uses, jobs for the citizens, assemble parcels of real property for redevelopment, stabilize property values, and remove blight. (Act 2009-738, p. 2203, §2; Act 2010-727, §1.)
AL Code § 24-9-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 24 - Housing.|Chapter 9 - Alabama Land Bank Authority.|Section 24-9-3 - Eminent Domain.

Section 24-9-3Eminent domain. The authority does not have the power of eminent domain. (Act 2009-738, p. 2203, §3.)