Alabama Good Stories

2002 - 2004

• Homeownership Month in Alabama (06/11/2002)
• Southampton Subdivision Ribbon Cutting - Birmingham, Alabama (08/13/2002)
• DESIGNhabitat - Alabama Affordable Home Design (09/17/2002)
• Alabama Housing Advocate Honored by Housing Assistance Council (01/14/2003)
• Birmingham Office Hosts Senior Service Attorney Training (01/14/2003)
• Alabama Homeownership Initiative Kickoff (07/18/2003)
• Assembling a Toolbox for Increasing Homeownership In Low-Wealth Communities (02/02/2004)
• Birmingham Field Office Celebrates African American History Month (02/11/2004)
• Alabama Field Office Sponsors Grant Writing Workshop (03/02/2004)
• Huntsville Housing Authority's School Supply Closet Program (05/17/2004)
• Alabama Field Office takes part in State SAHMA Meeting (06/02/2004)

2005 - 2007

• Birmingham Hosts Safe and Healthy Homes Community Meeting (04/28/2005)
• Birmingham Field Office Celebrates Homeownership (04/28/2005)
• Birmingham Field Office Reaches Out to Evacuees (09/08/2005)
• HUD to Donate Excess Computers (01/12/2006)
• Grant and Funding Resource Conference An Awesome Opportunity for Our State (05/03/2006)
• OLR Mission: Helping the Small Contractor Succeed (05/04/2006)
• Predatory Lending Meeting (12/09/2006)
• Mobile Housing Board Awarded $45,308 Housing Counseling Grant (11/06/2007)
• HUD Partners With Alabama Power Company to Reduce Energy Costs for Alabama's Low Income Families (12/04/2007)

2008 - 2010

• Project Homeless Connect Event Serves over 500 (04/05/2008)
• Birmingham Field Office Partners With Local YWCA to Expand Affordable Housing Opportunities (04/08/2008)
• Delivering Capital Solutions in Today's Market (01/30/2009)
• The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act investing in Alabama (02/13/2009)
• Katrina Evacuees in New Homes in Bayou LaBatre, Alabama (03/02/2009)
• Reducing Crime in Residential Neighborhoods Focus of Birmingham Conference (10/21/2009)
• Valley Gardens Center Celebrates National Neighborhood Networks Week (10/23/2009)
• YWCA Program Changes Lives as It Changes A Community (12/07/2009)
• Federal Task Force Works to Bring New Life to Selma to Montgomery Historic Trail Region (02/12/2010)
• HUD Grant Writing Workshop Creates Hope (03/02/2010)
• HUD Deputy Secretary, Ronald Sims Visits Birmingham (04/29/2010)
• The Westry Family Benefit from Neighborhood Stabilization Program (04/30/2010)
• Public Housing Students Recognized for Academic Excellence (07/28/2010)
• Tuscaloosa Housing Authority Brings New Life to Community Using HUD Stimulus Funding (09/14/2010)
• Country Legend Garth Brooks Participates in Birmingham World Habitat Events (10/19/2010)

2011 - 2012

• HUD Funded Subdivision Brings Hope to Local Families Reflects Vision of Late Area Leader (03/28/2011)
• Housing Authorities, Public Housing Families and Fathers throughout the Southeast Celebrate Father's Day 2011 (07/07/2011)
• In Storm's Aftermath Calvary Church Responds to Age Old Biblical Edict: Take Care of the Poor (07/20/2011)
• Oak Park Villas, a Home Program Success Story, Jefferson County, Alabama (07/26/2011)
• Affordable Housing Best Practices (07/26/2011)
• Recover and Rebuild: Alabama (08/11/2011)
• Birmingham HUD Office Participates In Homeownership Center Opening (12/08/2011)
• Alabama National Origin Discrimination Workshop (01/12/2012)
• HUD Relief Funding $16.6 million available for Tuscaloosa (01/24/2012)
• HUD Works to Secure Housing for Person With Disabilities (02/27/2012)
• HUD Recognized by Habitat Humanity for Affordable Housing Support in Alabama (03/12/2012)
• HUD Participates in First Ever Southeast Regional White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Action Summit in Atlanta (03/13/2012)
• Birmingham Office of Public Housing Conducts Workshop to Assist Housing Authorities Management Effectiveness (04/23/2012)
• Rosedale Residents Remember April 27, 2011 (04/27/2012)
• Birmingham Field Office Participates in One Year Anniversary of Alabama Deadly Storms (04/27/2012)
• Birmingham Office Holds Training and Recognizes Community Leader Who is Retiring After More Than 30 Years of Service (12/11/2012)

2013 - 2016

• HUD Birmingham Office Led Federal Coalition in Black History Month Program (03/01/2013)
• Summit on Ending Veteran Homelessness (04/08/2013)
• Young Innovators Seek to Build Sustainable Communities (08/28/2013)
• Feds Feed Families: HUD Birmingham Delivers (09/06/2013)
• HUD Southeast Regional Highlights 2013 (2013)
• Region IV Hosts Management and Marketing (M&M) 3.7 Industry Day (02/10/2014)
• HUD SE Regional Administrator Jennings presents the HUD Secretary's Opportunity and Empowerment Award to Cook Inlet Housing Authority (05/15/2014)
• Birmingham Celebrates Pratt City Recovery Efforts (05/23/2014)
• Alabama Celebrates 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act (07/07/2014)
• HUD Offers Support to Challenged North Birmingham Community (08/18/2014)
• HUD's FHA Loans Bolster Homeownership for Low Income Families (12/24/2014)
• HOME Success Stories
• HUD Invests in Alabama (01/21/2015)
• Environmental Justice (02/18/2015)
• HUD in Birmingham: Team Participates in Homeless Connect Summit (05/05/2015)
• Alabama Summit: Ending Veterans Homelessness (06/02/2015)
• One Stop-Shop Opens up for Huntsville Housing Authority Residents (12/22/2015)
• Thank you Alabama volunteers (02/16/2016)

2017 - 2018

• It is a good day in Birmingham when 22 veterans are no longer homeless (01/26/2017)
• Project Homeless Connect in Mobile: One stop for integral services (02/06/2017)
• One Pratt Park - A Game Changer for a Resilient Community (05/16/2017)
• Birmingham Field Office Employee Delivers Inspirational Performance of America's National Anthem as part of HUD's Veteran's Day Celebration (https://youtu.be/SzV4f2YEvdc) (05/29/2017)
• Princeton Towers - Seniors celebrate improved quality of life (07/28/2017)
• Sidney Drive, Committed to Hiring Local Talent in the Birmingham Area (11/30/2017)
• Birmingham Community in Search of Landlords Ready to Welcome Homeless Veterans (04/13/2018)
• Campus of Hope at Gate City, Birmingham (04/13/2018)
• In Birmingham - Highland Manor Apartments (05/15/2018)
• Operation Reveille in Birmingham - The day 22 homeless veterans got a place to call home (05/17/2018)
• Alexander City Housing Authority Celebrates Strong Families (06/18/2018)
• HUD VASH Changed his life (11/20/2018)
• Southeast Community Development Professionals meet in Birmingham (12/04/2018)

2019 - 2020

• Congratulations Eufaula Housing Authority Inaugural YouthBuild Graduates! (02/14/2019)
• Kudos to the Alexander City Housing Authority basketball team! (03/26/2019)
• Secretary Carson Tours Magic City highlighting Opportunity Zones Program (04/25/2019)
• Birmingham Field Office and PIH Honor Roll: Birmingham Housing Authority - "Campus of Hope" (05/07/2019)
• Birmingham Field Office Participates in Operation Reveille (07/08/2019)
• Region IV Inaugural Emerging Strategies in Affordable Housing Expo characterizes innovative leadership (08/01/2019)
• HUD Region IV Administrator Denise Cleveland-Leggett Keynotes and participates in Dynamic City of Birmingham Affordability Housing Forum (08/15/2019)
• Birmingham historic renovation groundbreaking to provide affordable housing thanks to Opportunity Zones (09/06/2019)
• HUD contributes to Stoneridge Villas senior housing facility Opening (10/01/2019)
• HUD designates Housing Authority of Birmingham District's Campus of Hope as the First EnVision Center in Alabama (11/18/2019)
• HUD participates in groundbreaking of Whitewater Village crown jewel of the Phenix City Housing Authority's (12/17/2019)
• HUD and Alabama Kick-off Foster Youth to Independence Initiative (02/14/2020)
• HUD Designates New EnVision Center in Huntsville, Alabama (10/30/2020)
• HUD Foster Youth to Independence Participants in Birmingham Receive Housewarming Gifts (11/04/2020)
• Opportunity Zone Project Brings Affordable Apartments to Downtown Birmingham (12/02/2020)

2021 - 2024

• Region IV 2020 Homelessness Virtual Conference is Overwhelming Success (01/08/2021)
• Montgomery Housing Authority Awarded Choice Neighborhood Planning Grant to Revitalize Neighborhood (01/08/2021)
• Region IV Expands Reach and Effectiveness of Section 3 Training (02/03/2021)
• HUD and SBA Team Up to Train Southeast and Caribbean Workers and Entrepreneurs (03/25/2021)
• Deputy Regional Administrator Michael L. Browder delivers remarks during the Birmingham Association of REALTORS® Fair Housing Summit (04/22/2021)
• HUD innovatively partners with University of Alabama and State of Alabama to address potential Lead concerns in Public Housing (06/07/2021)
• Special Housing Types, an Alternative in Alabama (10/04/2021)
• Preventative Maintenance Trainings (02/02/2022)
• HUD Presents at AAHRA Spring Workshop (03/22/2022)
• HUD Alabama Field Office and Housing Authority of Birmingham District Held Joint Virtual Career Fair (04/13/2022)
• Alabama Field Office Director Tours New Affordable Concept in Birmingham on Earth Day (04/26/2022)
• Alabama State Field Office Director Offers Remarks at Ribbon Cutting for Affordable Housing Community (07/27/2022)
• HUD Presents $5.28 Check to Selma Square Management for Green Renovations (11/15/2023)
• Jennifer Riley Collins Joins HUD as Regional Administrator for Region 4 (01/10/2024)