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Ala. Code § 24-1-20 (2026)

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This article may be referred to as the Housing Authorities Law.

(Acts 1935, No. 56, p. 126.)

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Cited in 5 cases, 1980–2012 · leading case: United States v. Hous. Auth. of City of Chickasaw, 504 F. Supp. 716 (S.D. Ala. 1980).
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United States v. Hous. Auth. of City of Chickasaw, 504 F. Supp. 716 (S.D. Ala. 1980). · cites it 2× “See Ala.Code §§ 24-1-20 to 24-1-45. (municipal housing authorities).”
Pub. Relations Couns., Inc. v. City of Mobile, 565 So. 2d 78 (Ala. 1990). · cites it 2× “The Mobile Housing Board was created pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law, Ala.Code 1975, §§ 24-1-20 et seq. Section 24-l-27(a)(15) requires the Housing Board to pay over to the City all proceeds received from the sale of real property, except in certain instances.”
Hous. Auth. of the Birmingham Dist. v. Logan Props., Inc., 127 So. 3d 1169 (Ala. 2012). “Code 1975 (providing that a municipal housing authority may “acquire by eminent domain any property, real or personal, which it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes * of [the Housing Authorities Law, § 24-1-20 et seq., Ala.Code 1975]”). Logan Properties did not accept…”
Guntersville Hous. Auth. v. Stephens, 585 So. 2d 887 (Ala. 1991). “Acts of 1935 (now § 24-1-20 et seq.). Section 24-1-22(1) defines a “housing authority” as follows: “A public body organized as a body corporate and politic in accordance with the provisions of this article for the purposes, with the powers and subject to the restrictions set…”
Ex Parte Williams, 2100653 (ala.civ.app. 9-23-2011), 89 So. 3d 135 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011). “Code [1975], Section 24-1-20 et seq. The Authority is governed by a five member Board of Commissioners who are appointed by the Mayor of the City of Selma and which establishes policy for the Authority.”
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