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State Data Overview
Across Alabama, there is a shortage of rental homes affordable and available to extremely low income households, whose incomes are at or below the poverty guideline or 30% of their area median income. Many of these households are severely cost burdened, spending more than half of their income on housing. Severely cost burdened poor households are more likely than other renters to sacrifice other necessities like healthy food and healthcare to pay the rent, and to experience unstable housing situations like evictions.
Housing Profiles
Alabama
Key Facts
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171,527 OR 28%
Renter households that are extremely low-income
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-72,304
Shortage of rental homes affordable and available for extremely low-income renters
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$30,220
Average income limit for 4-person extremely low income household
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$43,484
Annual household income needed to afford a two-bedroom rental home at HUD's Fair Market Rent (FMR)
Impact on Low-Wage Workers
A minimum wage worker would need to work:
- 99 hours per week or 2.5 full-time jobs to afford a 1-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
- 115 hours per week or 2.9 full-time jobs to afford a 2-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
Most Expensive Areas 2-Bedroom Housing Wage Daphne-Fairhope-Foley MSA $25.87 Huntsville MSA $25.19 Birmingham-Hoover HMFA $24.35 Auburn-Opelika HMFA $22.71 Tuscaloosa HMFA $22.48 Common Occupations Median Hourly Wage Nursing Assistants $16.87 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners $15.13 Retail Salespersons $14.84 Home Health and Personal Care Aides $13.76 Fast Food and Counter Workers $11.72 Solutions
- Provide significant resources to build and preserve homes affordable to renters with the lowest incomes through investments in public housing and the national Housing Trust Fund
- Encourage states and local communities to reform zoning and land use regulations that prevent housing from being built and push up housing costs
- Bridge the gap between incomes and housing costs by expanding rental assistance so that it is universally available to all eligible households or consider other innovative approaches, such as a fully refundable renters’ tax credit
- Prevent evictions and homelessness by creating permanent tools, such as emergency rental assistance, to help stabilize families in crisis
- Other federal housing resources, including the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, should be reformed to better address the shortage of rental housing affordable to the lowest-income households.
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State Level Partners
NLIHC Housing Advocacy Organizer
Kenza Idrissi Janati
State PartnersLow Income Housing Coalition of Alabama (c/o Collaborative Solutions)
PO Box 130159
Birmingham, AL 35213-0159
P 205-939-0411
https://collaborative-solutions.net
www.alabamahousingtrustfund.orgRussell Bennett
CEO
[email protected]Jay Williams
Program Associate
[email protected]Alabama Arise
PO Box 1188
Montgomery, AL 36104
P 334-832-9060
www.alarise.orgDev Wakeley
Housing Policy Analyst
[email protected]Robyn Hyden
Executive Director
[email protected]
Lookup State and Federal OfficialsBecome an NLIHC State Partner
NLIHC’s affiliation with our state coalition partners is central to our advocacy efforts. Although our partners' involvement varies, they are all housing and homeless advocacy organizations engaged at the state and federal level. Many are traditional coalitions with a range of members; others are local organizations that serve more informally as NLIHC's point of contact.
Inquire about becoming a state partner by contacting [email protected]
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Housing Trust FundHTF Implementation Information
NLIHC continues working with leaders in each state and the District of Columbia who will mobilize advocates in support of HTF allocation plans that benefit ELI renters to the greatest extent possible. Please contact the point person coordinating with NLIHC in your state (below) to find out about the public participation process and how you can be involved.
Current Year HTF Allocation$7,451,918
HTF State Resources2023
Draft 2023 HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
2022
NHTF Status Report (PDF)
Final 2022 HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Draft 2022 HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
2021
NHTF Status Report (PDF)
Final 2021 HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Draft 2021 HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
2020
Projects Awarded HTF Funds, see pages 2 and 3 (PDF)
Draft 2020 HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Final HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
2019
Projects Awarded HTF Funds, see pages 2 and 3 (PDF)
Final 2019 HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Summary of Public Comments (PDF)
Draft 2019 HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
2018
Final 2018 HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Draft HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Public Comments and State Response to Draft HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
2017
HTF Application List as of June 3, 2019 (PDF)
HUD-Approved 2017 HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Final HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Public Comments and State Response to Draft HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
2018 Application Workshop slides (PDF)
Draft 2017 HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Notice of public hearing (PDF)
HUD-Approved 2017 HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
2018 and 2019 Funding Approvals (PDF)
2016
HUD-Approved HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
September 23, 2016 Revised Allocation Plan by Alabama Housing Finance Authority (PDF)
Public Comments Submitted to AHFA by the Low Income Housing Coalition of Alabama (PDF)
Draft Allocation Plan by Alabama Housing Finance (PDF)
Alabama-specific model Allocation Plan by NLIHC (PDF)
Recording of NLIHC’s Alabama-specific Allocation Plan advocacy webinar dated April 21, 2016 (MP4)
Slides from NLIHC Alabama-specific Allocation Plan advocacy webinar dated April 21, 2016 (PDF)
State Designated EntityState Entity Webpage
Alabama Housing Finance AuthorityOfficial Directly Involved with HTF ImplementationDavid Young
Multifamily Administrator
[email protected]NHTF-specific Pages
National Housing Trust Fund
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ResourcesResources
Housing Profiles
State Housing Profile
State Housing Profile: Alabama (PDF)
Congressional District Housing Profile
Congressional District Profile: Alabama (PDF)
Research and Data
National Housing Preservation Database
The National Housing Preservation Database is an address-level inventory of federally assisted rental housing in the United States.
Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing
Out of Reach documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing. In Alabama and Nationwide
The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes
The Gap represents data on the affordable housing supply and housing cost burdens at the national, state, and metropolitan levels. In Alabama and Nationwide
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