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Open: Housing Authority of the Birmingham District Public Housing

Please Note: Due to the decentralized nature of affordable housing information, the information about this waiting list may be out of date.

The Housing Authority of the Birmingham District (HABD) waiting list for Public Housing apartments is currently open.

The HABD is accepting applications as of October, 2019, until further notice.

Please note: According to the HABD, "Public Housing applicants must be 19 years of age or older, 18 years old and married, or a person that has been relieved of the disability of non-age by court action."

There are four ways to apply during the opening period:

  1. Print the application available online. Scroll down and select the "Click Here For The Housing Application" link.
  2. Pick up an application at any of the Public Housing locations listed on the bottom of this page here.
  3. Walk in to complete an application on Thursdays only at the McCoy Building, located at 1301 25 Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35204.
  4. Call the Intake Department on Thursdays only at (205) 521-7460, from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm ET.

Once the application has been completed, it must be dropped off at any Public Housing location, or the McCoy Building at the address above; from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm, Monday-Friday.

Selected applicants will be placed on the waiting list by the date and time the application is received.

For more information, visit the HABD website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HABD on October 27, 2020, and updated on January 3, 2022.

Reasonable Accommodation

Applicants who need help completing the application due to disability can make a reasonable accommodation request to the housing authority via (205) 521-0773.

Next Steps

Learn more about what happens after the application is submitted.

Last Updated on 01/03/2022.

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Closed: Jefferson County, Alabama Section 8 HCV

The Housing Authority of Birmingham District (HABD) Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is currently closed. Applications were last accepted from October 27, 2020, until October 30, 2020. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

This waiting list had the following preferences: 

  • Homeless
  • Victims of domestic violence
  • Involuntarily displaced families due to a formally recognized natural disaster or government action

1,500 applicants were placed on the waiting list by random lottery, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, read the HABD public notice, or visit the HABD website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HABD on October 27, 2020.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Jefferson County, Alabama.

Last Updated on 04/26/2021.

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Closed: Housing Authority of the Birmingham District Mainstream Voucher

The Housing Authority of the Birmingham District (HABD) Mainstream Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher waiting list is closed.

The HABD last accepted applications for this waiting list from February 7, 2023, until February 13, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

Please note: According to the HABD, "The Mainstream Voucher Program is for families that include a qualifying household member, who must be non-elderly, disabled. The head of household (head, co-head, or spouse) does not have to be the qualifying member for eligibility consideration."

To apply during this opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

This waiting list had the following preferences: Non-Elderly, Disabled Households.

500 applicants were placed on this waiting list by date and time the application was received, weighed by order of preferences.

For more information, visit the HABD website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HABD notice on February 2, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Mainstream Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance in Birmingham, Alabama.

Last Updated on 02/13/2023.

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Closed: The Park at Sydney Drive Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Housing Authority of the Birmingham District (HABD) Section 8 Project-Based Voucher waiting list for 1, 2, and 3-Bedroom apartments at The Park at Sydney Drive is closed. 

The HABD is accepting applications for this waiting list from January 3, 2022, until January 7, 2022. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

For more information, visit the HABD website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HABD on January 3, 2022.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Birmingham, Alabama.

Last Updated on 03/18/2022.

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Closed: The Villas at Titusville Section 8 Project-Based Voucher

The Housing Authority of the Birmingham District (HABD) last accepted Section 8 Project Based Voucher waiting list applications for The Villas at Titusville from April 11, 2023, until April 18, 2023. There is no notice when this waiting list will reopen.

To apply during the opening period, applicants were required to complete the online application.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

  • Public Housing Demo/Dispo
    • defined as person(s) legally occupying a unit in a specified public housing community, on the date the community was approved by HUD to be disposed of demolished.
  • Public Housing Crime Victims
    • defined as having been a victim of a violent crime or a witness providing testimony to law enforcement of a violent crime which occurred in or around the public housing community.
  • Public Housing Uninhabitable
    • defined as a person(s) legally occupying a unit that is deemed unsafe or uninhabitable and there is no other appropriate unit available in the public housing community in which they reside.

It was not known how selected applicants were placed on the waiting list.

For more information, visit the HABD website.

Sources: This information was verified by the HABD website on April 11, 2023.

Service Area

This waiting list is for Section 8 Project-Based Voucher rental assistance in Birmingham, Alabama.

Last Updated on 04/18/2023.

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About Housing Authority of the Birmingham District

1826 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL | Visit Website | (205) 324-0641

Housing Authority of the Birmingham District provides affordable housing for up to 10,965 low and moderate income households through its Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Public Housing programs..

In addition, Housing Authority of the Birmingham District offers other programs for eligible households, including:

  • Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH)
  • Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV)
  • Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)
  • Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD)

Housing Authority Jurisdiction

Low-income housing managed by Housing Authority of the Birmingham District is located in Jefferson County, AL.

Households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher managed by this housing authority must rent within its jurisdiction.