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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-31 - Issuance of Bonds by Authority; Types of and Security for Bonds Generally; Liability on Bonds.

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 have power to issue or exchange refunding bonds for the purpose of paying, retiring, extending or renewing bonds previously issued by it. An authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, bonds on which the principal and interest are payable from income and revenues of the authority and from grants or contributions from the federal government or some other source. Such income and revenues securing the bonds may be:
(1) Exclusively the income and revenues of the housing project financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds;
(2) Exclusively the income and revenues of certain designated housing projects, whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds; or
(3) The income and revenues of the authority generally.
Any such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any income or revenues of the authority, or a mortgage of any housing project, projects or other property of the authority. Neither the commissioners of an authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of an authority (and such bonds and obligations shall so state on their face) shall not be a debt of the city, the state or any political subdivision thereof, and neither the city, nor the state or any political subdivision thereof, shall be liable thereon, nor in any event shall such bonds or obligations be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of said authority. The bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory or charter debt limitation or restriction.
(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126; Acts 1939, No. 148, p. 219; Code 1940, T. 25, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-32 - Form, Denominations, Terms, etc., of Bonds; Sale of Bonds; Issuance of Interim Certificates, Etc.

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 or dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding 60 years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates, per annum payable at the time or times, be in such denominations, which may be made interchangeable, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, as such resolution or its trust indenture or mortgage may provide. The bonds shall be sold by public or private sale as determined by the authority. Any public sale of bonds shall be conducted after notice published, at least 10 days prior to the sale in a newspaper published in the city in which the authority was incorporated to serve and in a financial newspaper published in the City of New York, New York, or posted electronically on a website or other electronic or Internet service reasonably expected to be available to potential purchasers of the bonds. The bonds may be sold at such price or prices as the authority shall determine. Pending the authorization, preparation, execution or delivery of definitive bonds the authority may issue interim certificates, or other temporary obligations to the purchaser of such bonds. Such interim certificates, or other temporary obligations, shall be in such form, contain such terms, conditions and provisions, bear such date or dates and evidence such agreements relating to their discharge or payment or the delivery of definitive bonds as the authority may by resolution, trust indenture or mortgage determine. In case any of the officers whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be such officers before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if they had remained in office until such delivery. The authority shall have power, out of any funds available therefor, to purchase any bonds issued by it at a price not more than the principal amount thereof and the accrued interest. All bonds so purchased shall be cancelled. This section shall not apply to the redemption of bonds. Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds, interim certificates or other obligations issued pursuant to this article are hereby declared to be negotiable instruments.
(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126; Acts 1939, No. 148, p. 219; Code 1940, T. 25, §19; Acts 1970, Ex. Sess., No. 2, p. 2602; Act 2006-188, p. 265, §1; Act 2013-332, p. 1163, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-34 - Contracts, etc., With Federal Government for Construction, etc., of Housing Projects.

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 from the federal government for or in aid of the construction of any housing project which such authority is authorized by this article to undertake, to take over any land acquired by the federal government for the construction of a housing project, to take over or lease or manage any housing project constructed or owned by the federal government and, to this end, to enter into such contracts, mortgages, trust indentures, leases, or other agreements as the federal government may require, including agreements that the federal government shall have the right to supervise and approve the construction, maintenance, and operation of such housing project. It is the purpose and intent of this article to authorize every authority to do any and all things necessary to secure the financial aid and the cooperation of the federal government in the construction, maintenance, and operation of any housing project which the authority is empowered by this article to undertake.
(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126; Code 1940, T. 25, §27.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-35 - Mortgages of Authority Property in Connection With Government Financed Projects.

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 part of its property, real or personal, then owned or thereafter acquired, and thereby:
(1) To vest in a government the right, upon the happening of an event of default, as defined in such mortgage, to foreclose such mortgage through judicial proceedings or through the exercise of a power of sale without judicial proceedings, so long as a government shall be the holder of any of the bonds secured by such mortgage.
(2) To vest in a trustee or trustees the right, upon the happening of an event of default, as defined in such mortgage, to foreclose such mortgage through judicial proceedings or through the exercise of a power of sale without judicial proceedings, but only with the consent of the government which aided in financing the housing project involved.
(3) To vest in other obligees the right to foreclose such mortgage by judicial proceedings, but only with the consent of the government which aided in financing the project involved.
(4) To vest in an obligee, including a government, the right, in foreclosing any mortgage as provided in this section, to foreclose such mortgage as to all or such part or parts of the property covered thereby as such obligee, in its absolute discretion, shall elect. The institution, prosecution, and conclusion of any such foreclosure proceedings or the sale of any such parts of the mortgaged property shall not affect in any manner or to any extent the lien of the mortgage on the parts of the mortgaged property not included in such proceedings or not sold as provided in this section.
(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126; Code 1940, T. 25, §21.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-36 - Investment by State, Fiduciaries, Banks, etc., in Bonds, etc., Issued by Authorities.

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 and public bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority pursuant to this article or issued by any public housing authority or agency in the United States, when such bonds or other obligations are secured by a pledge of annual contributions to be paid by the United States government, or any agency thereof, and the amount of such actual contribution contracted to be paid shall be sufficient to assure the payment by such public housing authority or agency, of both principal and interest on such bonds as the same shall mature, and such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits, it being the purpose of this section to authorize any persons, firms, corporations, associations, political subdivisions, bodies and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them, including, but not limited to, sinking, insurance, investment, retirement, compensation, pension, and trust funds, held on deposit, for the purchase of any such bonds and funds or other obligations; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed as relieving any person, firm, or corporation from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
(Acts 1939, No. 570, p. 900; Code 1940, T. 25, §30.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-37 - Remedies of Obligee of Authority Generally.

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 any contractual restrictions binding upon such obligee:
(1) By mandamus, or civil action, both of which may be joined in one action, to compel the authority, and the commissioners, officers, agents, or employees thereof, to perform each and every term, provision, and covenant contained in any contract of the authority, and to require the carrying out of any or all covenants and agreements of the authority and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon the authority by this article.
(2) By civil action to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or the violation of any of the rights of such obligee of the authority.
(3) By civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction to cause possession of any housing project, or any part thereof, to be surrendered to any obligee having the right to such possession pursuant to any contract of the authority.
(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126; Code 1940, T. 25, §22.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-38 - Remedies Conferrable Upon Obligees of Authority by Trust Indenture, Mortgage, Etc.

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 in bonds, lease, or other obligations, the right upon the happening of an "event of default" as defined in such instrument:
(1) By civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain the appointment of a receiver of any housing project of the authority, or any part or parts thereof. If such receiver be appointed, he may enter and take possession of such housing project or any part or parts thereof, and operate and maintain same, and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues, or other charges thereafter arising therefrom in the same manner as the authority itself might do and shall keep such moneys in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of the authority as the court shall direct.
(2) By civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction to require the authority and the commissioners thereof to account as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust.
(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126; Code 1940, T. 25, §23.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-39 - Remedies Cumulative.

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 upon such obligee of the authority by law or by any contract with the authority.
(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126; Code 1940, T. 25, §24.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-40 - Exemption of Authority Property From Mortgage Foreclosures, Levy, and Execution and Judgment Liens.

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 judicial proceedings or the exercise of a power of sale contained in such mortgage, except in the case of the mortgages provided for in Section 24-1-35. All property of the authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, or other process, to the same extent as now enjoyed by the properties of towns, cities, and counties of Alabama. No judgment against the authority shall be a charge or lien upon its property, real or personal. The provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose any mortgage of the authority provided for in Section 24-1-35 and, in case of a foreclosure sale thereunder, to obtain a judgment for any deficiency due on the indebtedness secured thereby and issued on the full faith and credit of the authority. Such deficiency judgment shall be a lien and charge upon the property of the authority which may be levied on and sold by virtue of an execution or other judicial process for the purpose of satisfying such deficiency judgment.
(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126; Code 1940, T. 25, §25.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-41 - Title Acquired by Purchasers at Sale of Authority Property Subject to Agreements With Government.

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 to any foreclosure of a mortgage, pursuant to judicial process or otherwise, shall obtain title subject to any contract between the authority and a government relating to the supervision by a government of the operation and maintenance of such property and the construction of improvements thereon.
(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126; Code 1940, T. 25, §26.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-42 - Security for Funds Deposited by Authorities in Banks and Trust Companies.

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 of Alabama of a market value equal at all times to the amount of such deposits, by any securities in which savings banks may legally invest funds within their control or by an undertaking with such sureties as shall be approved by the authority faithfully to keep and pay over upon the order of the authority any such deposits and agreed interest thereon. All banks and trust companies are authorized to give any such security for such deposits.
(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126; Code 1940, T. 25, §28.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-43 - Annual Report and Recommendations of Authority.

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 shall make any recommendations with reference to any additional legislation or other action that may be necessary in order to carry out the purposes of this article.
(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126; Code 1940, T. 25, §29.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-44 - Enforcement of Article and Contracts of Authority.

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 the laws of the State of Alabama and, in addition thereto, with each and every term, provision, and covenant in any contract of the authority on its part to be kept or performed.
(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126; Code 1940, T. 25, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 2 - Municipal Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-45 - Conflicting Provisions.

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.
(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126; Code 1940, T. 25, §29.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 3 - County Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-60 - Legislative Findings and Declaration of Necessity.

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 unsanitary conditions arise from overcrowding and concentration of population, the obsolete and poor condition of the buildings, improper planning, excessive land coverage, lack of proper light, air and space, unsanitary design and arrangement, lack of proper facilities, and the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes; that in all such counties persons of low income are forced to reside in unsanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations; that in various counties of the state there is a lack of safe or sanitary dwelling and public school accommodations available to all the inhabitants thereof and that consequently persons of low income are forced to occupy overcrowded and congested dwelling accommodations; that these conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the citizens of the state and impair economic values; that these conditions cannot be remedied by the ordinary operations of private enterprises; that the clearance, replanning, and reconstruction of the areas in counties in which unsanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the provision of safe, sanitary, and uncongested dwelling accommodations at such rentals that persons who now live in unsafe or unsanitary or congested dwelling accommodations can afford to live in safe, sanitary, and uncongested dwelling accommodations, are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired; that it is in the public interest that work on such projects be instituted as soon as possible in order to relieve unemployment which now constitutes an emergency. The necessity in the public interest for this article is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
(Code 1940, T. 25, §31.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 3 - County Housing Authorities. › 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.

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 housing commissioners may be county officials or county employees. The housing commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated by the county commission to serve for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively, from the date of their appointment. Thereafter, the term of office shall be five years. A housing commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and has qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. Three housing commissioners shall constitute a quorum. The county commission shall record a certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any housing commissioner and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of such housing commissioner. A housing commissioner shall receive no compensation for his services, but he shall be entitled to the necessary expenses including traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties. When the office of the first chairman of the authority becomes vacant, the authority shall select a chairman from among its members. An authority shall select from among its members a vice-chairman, and it may employ a secretary, who shall be executive director, technical experts, attorneys, and such other officers, agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require, and shall determine their qualifications, duties, and compensation; except, that none of them shall be a county, state, or municipal officer or employee, nor a partner of such, and none of them shall be, or have been for three years last past, a housing commissioner, nor the partner of a housing commissioner. An authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees such power or duties as it may deem proper.
(Code 1940, T. 25, §34.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 3 - County Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-64 - Removal of Commissioners.

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 have been given a copy of the charges against him, which may be made by any citizen of the county or by the county commission, at least 10 days previous to the hearing thereon, and shall have had an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. Any obligee of the authority may file with the county commission written charges that the authority is violating wilfully any law of the state or any term, provision, or covenant in any contract to which the authority is a party. The county commission shall give each of the housing commissioners a copy of such charges, at least 10 days previous to the hearing thereon, and an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel and shall, within 30 days after receipt of such charges, remove any housing commissioners of the authority who shall have been found to have acquiesced in any such wilful violation. A housing commissioner shall be deemed to have acquiesced in a wilful violation by the authority of a law of this state or of any term, provision, or covenant contained in a contract to which the authority is a party, if he shall not have filed a written statement with the authority of his objections to such violation prior to the aforesaid filing or making of such charges. In the event of the removal of any housing commissioners, the county commission shall record the proceedings, together with the charges made against the housing commissioners and the findings thereon.
(Code 1940, T. 25, §37.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 3 - County Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-67 - Acquisition of Property by Eminent Domain.

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 this article, after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the property described therein is in the public interest and necessary for public use. The authority may exercise the power of eminent domain pursuant to the provisions of Title 18, and any amendments thereto, or pursuant to the provisions of any other applicable eminent domain laws of the state. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired; provided, that no property belonging to the county or to any government may be acquired without its consent and that no property belonging to a public utility corporation may be acquired without the approval of the Public Service Commission or other body having regulatory power over such corporation.
(Code 1940, T. 25, §41.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 3 - County Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-68 - Acquisition, etc., of Property for Government Housing Projects.

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 personal, which is necessary for any housing project being constructed or operated by a government. The authority upon such terms and conditions, and for such consideration as it shall determine, may convey title or deliver possession of such property, so acquired or purchased, to such government for use in connection with such housing project.
(Code 1940, T. 25, §42.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 3 - County Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-69 - Authority Housing Projects Subject to Local Zoning, Building, etc., Laws.

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 which the housing project is situated.
(Code 1940, T. 25, §43.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 3 - County Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-70 - Issuance of Bonds by Authority; Types of and Security for Bonds Generally; Liability on Bonds.

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 have power to issue or exchange refunding bonds for the purpose of paying, retiring, extending, or renewing bonds previously issued by it. An authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, bonds on which the principal and interest are payable from income and revenues of the authority and from grants or contributions from the federal government or some other source. Such income and revenues securing the bonds may be:
(1) Exclusively the income and revenues of the housing project financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds;
(2) Exclusively the income and revenues of certain designated housing projects, whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds; or
(3) The income and revenues of the authority generally.
Any such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any income or revenues of the authority, or a mortgage of any housing project, projects, or other property of the authority. Neither the housing commissioners of an authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of an authority (and such bonds and obligations shall so state on their face) shall not be a debt of the state or any political subdivision thereof, and neither the county, nor the state, or any political subdivision thereof, shall be liable thereon, nor in any event shall such bonds or obligations be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of said authority. The bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory, or charter debt limitation or restriction.
(Code 1940, T. 25, §44.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 3 - County Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-73 - Contracts, etc., With Federal Government for Construction, etc., of Housing Projects.

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 from the federal government for or in aid of the construction of any housing project which such authority is authorized by this article to undertake, to take over any land acquired by the federal government for the construction of a housing project, to take over or lease or manage any housing project constructed or owned by the federal government and, to this end, to enter into such contracts, mortgages, trust indentures, leases, or other agreements as the federal government may require, including agreements that the federal government shall have the right to supervise and approve the construction, maintenance, and operation of such housing project. It is the purpose and intent of this article to authorize every authority to do any and all things necessary to secure the financial aid and the cooperation of the federal government in the construction, maintenance, and operation of any housing project which the authority is empowered by this article to undertake.
(Code 1940, T. 25, §53.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 3 - County Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-74 - Mortgages of Authority Property in Connection With Government Financed Projects.

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 part of its property, real or personal, then owned or thereafter acquired, and thereby:
(1) To vest in a government the right, upon the happening of an event of default, as defined in such mortgage, to foreclose such mortgage through judicial proceedings or through the exercise of a power of sale without judicial proceedings, so long as a government shall be the holder of any of the bonds secured by such mortgage.
(2) To vest in a trustee or trustees the right, upon the happening of an event of default, as defined in such mortgage, to foreclose such mortgage through judicial proceedings or through the exercise of a power of sale without judicial proceedings, but only with the consent of the government which aided in financing the housing project involved.
(3) To vest in other obligees the right to foreclose such mortgage by judicial proceedings, but only with the consent of the government which aided in financing the project involved.
(4) To vest in an obligee, including a government, the right in foreclosing any mortgage as provided in this section to foreclose such mortgage as to all or such part or parts of the property covered thereby as such obligee, in its absolute discretion, shall elect. The institution, prosecution, and conclusion of any such foreclosure proceedings or the sale of any such parts of the mortgaged property shall not affect in any manner or to any extent the lien of the mortgage on the parts of the mortgaged property not included in such proceedings or not sold as provided in this section.
(Code 1940, T. 25, §47.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 3 - County Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-75 - Remedies of Obligee of Authority Generally.

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 any contractual restrictions binding upon such obligee:
(1) By mandamus or civil action, both of which may be joined in one action, to compel the authority, and the housing commissioners, officers, agents or employees thereof, to perform each and every term, provision and covenant contained in any contract of the authority, and to require the carrying out of any or all covenants and agreements of the authority and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon the authority by this article.
(2) By civil action to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful, or the violation of any of the rights of such obligee of the authority.
(3) By civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction to cause possession of any housing project, or any part thereof, to be surrendered to any obligee having the right to such possession pursuant to any contract of the authority.
(Code 1940, T. 25, §48.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 3 - County Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-76 - Remedies Conferrable Upon Obligees of Authority by Trust Indenture, Mortgage, Etc.

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 in bonds, lease, or other obligations, the right upon the happening of an "event of default," as defined in such instrument:
(1) By civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain the appointment of a receiver of any housing project of the authority, or any part or parts thereof. If such receiver be appointed, he may enter and take possession of such housing project, or any part or parts thereof, and operate and maintain same, and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues, or other charges thereafter arising therefrom in the same manner as the authority itself might do and shall keep such moneys in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of the authority as the court shall direct.
(2) By civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction to require the authority and the housing commissioners thereof to account as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust.
(Code 1940, T. 25, §49.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 3 - County Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-77 - Remedies Cumulative.

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 upon such obligee of the authority by law or by any contract with the authority.
(Code 1940, T. 25, §50.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 3 - County Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-78 - Exemption of Authority Property From Mortgage Foreclosures, Levy, and Execution and Judgment Liens.

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 judicial proceedings or the exercise of a power of sale contained in such mortgage, except in the case of the mortgages provided for in Section 24-1-74. All property of the authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, or other process, to the same extent as now enjoyed by the properties of towns, cities, and counties of Alabama. No judgment against the authority shall be a charge or lien upon its property, real or personal. The provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose any mortgage of the authority provided for in Section 24-1-74 and, in case of a foreclosure sale thereunder, to obtain a judgment for any deficiency due on the indebtedness secured thereby and issued on the full faith and credit of the authority. Such deficiency judgment shall be a lien and charge upon the property of the authority which may be levied on and sold by virtue of an execution or other judicial process for the purpose of satisfying such deficiency judgment.
(Code 1940, T. 25, §51.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 3 - County Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-79 - Title Acquired by Purchasers at Sale of Authority Property Subject to Agreements With Government.

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 to any foreclosure of a mortgage, pursuant to judicial process, or otherwise, shall obtain title subject to any contract made prior to the accrual of the purchaser's right between the authority and a government relating to the supervision by a government of the operation and maintenance of such property and the construction of improvements thereon.
(Code 1940, T. 25, §52.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 3 - County Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-80 - Security for Funds Deposited by Authorities in Banks and Trust Companies.

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 of Alabama of a market value equal at all times to the amount of such deposits, by any securities in which savings banks may legally invest funds within their control or by an undertaking with such sureties, as shall be approved by the authority, faithfully to keep and pay over upon the order of the authority any such deposits and agreed interest thereon, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give any such security for such deposits.
(Code 1940, T. 25, §54.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 3 - County Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-81 - Low Income Housing in Rural Areas.

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 powers under this article to provide housing for persons of low income in rural areas. The undertaking of the construction of any dwelling or dwellings under this section shall constitute a "housing project" within the meaning of this article. To these ends, the county housing authority is authorized to enter into such long-term leases or purchase agreements or otherwise to rent or sell housing to persons of low income in rural areas as such county authority deems necessary in order to assure the achievement of the objectives of this article. Such leases or agreements may include such covenants as the county authority deems appropriate regarding the dwelling or dwellings, and the tracts contiguous thereto, which covenants, notwithstanding any rule of law to the contrary, may be made to run with the land where the county authority deems it necessary. The owner of any land on which an unsanitary and unsafe dwelling or dwellings are located may file an application with the county authority requesting that it provide for the construction of a safe and sanitary dwelling or dwellings for persons of low income to be located on said land, or that portion thereof, to be conveyed by said owner to the county housing authority.
(Code 1940, T. 25, §55.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 3 - County Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-82 - Annual Report and Recommendations of Authority.

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 shall make any recommendations with reference to any additional legislation or other action that may be necessary in order to carry out the purposes of this article.
(Code 1940, T. 25, §56.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 3 - County Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-83 - Enforcement of Article and Contracts of Authority.

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 and the laws of the State of Alabama and in addition thereto, with each and every term, provision, and covenant in any contract of the authority on its part to be kept or performed.
(Code 1940, T. 25, §35,; Act 2019-105, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 3 - County Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-84 - Conflicting Provisions.

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.
(Code 1940, T. 25, §57.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 4 - Regional and Consolidated Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-100 - Short Title.

Section 24-1-100
Short title.
This article may be referred to as the "Supplemental Housing Authorities Law."
(Acts 1943, No. 541, p. 512, §17.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 4 - Regional and Consolidated Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-101 - Definitions.

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 or HOUSING AUTHORITY. Any corporate body created pursuant to this article or this chapter.
(2) MUNICIPALITY. Any city or incorporated town in the state.
(3) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. The United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof.
(4) GOVERNING BODY. The legislative body, council, board of commissioners, county commission, or other body charged with governing the city, town, or county, as the case may be.
(Acts 1943, No. 541, p. 512, §16.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 4 - Regional and Consolidated Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-103 - Area of Operation.

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 for which such regional housing authority is created and established; provided, that a regional housing authority shall not undertake any housing project or projects within the boundaries of any municipality or housing authority unless a resolution shall have been adopted by the governing body of such municipality and also by any housing authority which shall have been previously established and authorized to exercise its powers in such municipality, declaring that there is a need for the regional housing authority to exercise its powers within such municipality.
(Acts 1943, No. 541, p. 512, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 4 - Regional and Consolidated Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-106 - Public Hearings and Application to Secretary of State Required for Incorporation or Change in Area of Operation.

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 held which shall conform, except as otherwise provided in this article, to the requirements of this chapter for hearings to determine the need for a housing authority of a county; provided, that such hearings may be held by the governing body without a petition therefor. No housing authority shall constitute a body corporate and politic under this article until the commissioners of such authority have filed and recorded an application therefor with the Secretary of State, which shall conform, insofar as may be applicable, to the provisions of this chapter for the making, filing, and recording of an application with the Secretary of State by the commissioners of a housing authority created for a county; provided, that any such application filed and recorded under this article shall set forth that the public hearing or hearings, as required by this article, have been held. In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of other obligations, a regional housing authority may covenant as to limitations on its right to adopt resolutions relating to the increase or decrease of its area of operation.
(Acts 1943, No. 541, p. 512, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 24 - Housing. › Chapter 1 - Housing Authorities. › Article 4 - Regional and Consolidated Housing Authorities. › Section 24-1-108 - Housing Commissioners - Meetings; Residence.

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 the area of operation or boundaries of the authority or within any additional area where the housing authority is authorized to undertake a housing project, nor to prevent the appointment of any person as a commissioner of the authority who resides within such boundaries of such additional area and who is otherwise eligible for such appointment under this article or this chapter.
(Acts 1943, No. 541, p. 512, §11.)