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Discussed for years, the redevelopment of the Southtown Court housing project moved one-step closer to reality on Tuesday when the Birmingham City Council voted to re-zone the property from multiple dwelling to mixed-use.
The council voted 7-0-1 to rezone with Councilor Valerie Abbott abstaining and Councilor Carole Smitherman absent.
Demolition will start in mid-June, with the first phase of residential construction slated for the fall. The new development will include up to 560 housing units, equally divided between federally subsidized housing and market-rate rentals. Of those, 220 units will be affordable housing.
Councilor Darrell OâQuinn, who represents the area, said the project is more than building housing.
Door to door campaign on vaccine safety (Source: WAVE 3 News) By WBRC Staff | April 12, 2021 at 10:03 AM CDT - Updated April 12 at 10:03 AM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Commissioner Sheila Tyson, Housing Authority of Birmingham District, and UAB’s Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center are partnering to help decrease vaccine hesitancy.
The group will train canvassers to go door to door to hang door knockers informing people of vaccine safety. The canvassers will knock on 3,000 doors around the Smithfield area in hopes to see an increase in vaccinations.
Housing Authority of Birmingham is providing the workers through their Section Three program.