Alabama Housing Bills

Class 1 municipalities; authorization to establish community land trusts, affordable housing

Weatherization assistance; authorize ADECA to contract with certain nonprofit corporations to administer program; source of funds to Neighbors Helping Neighbors Fund expanded; household income threshold to qualify for assistance revised

Manufactured Homes; certificate of title for 1999 models and earlier, Alabama Department of Revenue authorized to issue titles upon request

Alabama Charter School Finance Authority, bonding authority established, legislative findings, board membership, powers, contracts, investments

Authorize the governing body of a Class 1 municipality to enact and enforce vacant property registration ordinances.

Real property; creation of the Alabama Property Protection Act of 2026, title fraud prevention

Mortgages; authorize lenders to mortgagors to make additional mortgage payments

City of Prichard; public nuisance defined, city enforcement authorized, procedures provided for

City of Prichard; Mobile County, expedited quiet title process established

Class 2 municipalities, foreclosure bidding preference and notice for adjoining owners

Manufactured Homes; certificate of title for 1999 models and earlier, Alabama Department of Revenue authorized to issue titles upon request

Alabama Real Estate Commission; license required for real estate wholesalers, real estate wholesalers and unsolicited real property solicitors must provide disclosures, Alabama Securities Commission, authorized to enforce, penalties imposed for violations

Taxation and Revenue; Homestead ad valorum taxes of certain veterans prohibited from inclusion in debt-to-income ratio under certain circumstances

Department of Insurance; Office of Risk and Resilience created; Strengthen Alabama Homes Program placed under office

Self-Service Storage Facilities Act; rights of of self-storage facility operators further provided for, publication requirements for notice of sale of certain property revised

Class 2 municipalities; municipal lien process revised

Consumer protection; unsolicited offers to purchase real estate, unfair service contracts, regulated

Washington County; lodging tax, levied and proceeds distributed

Class 1 municipalities; creation of housing trust fund authorized

Real property; creation of the Alabama Property Protection Act of 2026, title fraud prevention