Description:
Description:
Anniston Housing Authority is a public housing agency that helps provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Anniston Housing Authority manages several funded programs and has a total of 60 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Anniston Housing Authority administered a total of 50 Section 8 Vouchers. Anniston Housing Authority currently has low rent units and Section 8 Voucher as its program type. Anniston Housing Authority is located at 500 Glen Addie Avenue, Anniston, AL, 36202 and serves the city of Anniston. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Anniston Housing Authority at, (256)236-1575 for more information about coverage area and program availability.
In 1939, Mayor W. S. Coleman appointed a group of local citizens to serve on an ad hoc committee to review the matter of substandard housing in Anniston. To address the overdue need for better housing, especially for low-income persons, the committee submitted a two-pronged recommendation to the City Council requesting:
Recommendation One
Passage of a substandard housing ordinance which would enable the City to more effectively address the problem of poor housing, consistent with the Housing Act of 1937
and
Recommendation Two
The Adoption of an ordinance setting into effect a public housing authority commensurate with state enabling legislation. Acting on these recommendations, the Anniston City Council adopted a resolution to establish a local housing authority. Shortly thereafter, the new agency was officially chartered and its first Board of Commissioners was appointed. By resolution on February 24, 1938, Mayor Coleman appointed Chairman J. Ralph Hamilton, Commissioners J. R. Morgan, W.P. Acker, Howard F. Trammell, and L.T. Smith.
The newly formed organization, officially known as the Housing Authority of the City of Anniston, submitted its first application to the Department of Housing and Urban Development to construct 166 housing units. From this request, approval was granted to construct 164 units and later 101 units. The first two developments representing this new growth of housing in Anniston were Glen Addie Homes and Cooper Homes. In 1985 the last of Anniston's Public Housing units were constructed. The Anniston Housing Authority now operates a total of nine housing communities with Mr. Willie “Sonny” McMahand serving as the housing authority's 5th Executive Director in its 74 year history.
Since 1939, the Anniston Housing Authority has endeavored to increase its housing stock in order to better help those requiring housing assistance. The Housing Authority, through its various programs, which include Conventional Public Housing and Leased Housing (Section 8), is providing housing assistance to approximately 1,000 households, with a total of nearly 3,000 persons. Additionally, the housing authority began a non-profit (HDC) Housing development Corporation in 2002. HDC currently owns 56 low-income tax credit units and 24 section 8 new construction multi-family units.
The Mission of this Housing Authority is to serve the needs of low-income persons in the Anniston Housing Authority jurisdiction.
This will be done by taking steps to:
1. Promote adequate and affordable housing
2. Promote economic opportunity
3. Promote a suitable living environment without discrimination
Our goal is to provide a drug free, decent, safe, and sanitary housing for eligible families. Additionally, to provide opportunities, promote self-sufficiency and economic independence for residents.
In order to achieve this mission, we will:
1. Recognize residents as our ultimate customer
2. Improve Public Housing Authority (HA) management and service delivery efforts through effective and efficient management of HA staff
3. Seek problem-solving partnerships with residents, community, and government leadership
4. Apply HA resources to the effective and efficient management of operation of public housing programs, taking into account changes in Federal funding.
Current Status | Active |
Size of Anniston Housing Authority compared nationally | Large |
Last Updated | 04/12/2014 |
Total Numbers of Communities | N/A |
Total numbers of Administered Section 8 Voucher | N/A |
Total numbers of Administered Public Housing Units | N/A |
Waiting list for the Anniston Housing Authority is currently | Open |
Fair Market Rents are HUD's determination of the average rents in a particular area for each bedroom size. The FMRs are set each year based on the rental rates of unsubsidized units so that participants in HUD programs have equal access for affordable housing. Here are the Fair Market Rents for Calhoun County, AL:
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Population: | 115,916 |
Persons Per Household: | 2.54 |
Housing Units in Multi-units Structure: | 13.8% |
Homeownership Rate: | 68.7% |
Housing Units: | 53,053 |
Yearly Income Per Person: | $20,828 |
Median Household Income: | $39,962 |
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