Welcome to the Mobile Housing Board! Thank you for visiting our website. As the public housing authority for the City of Mobile, it is our goal to provide affordable housing and related programs to the citizens of Mobile. Our website contains information about the various programs we offer. We hope you find this information to be helpful. After browsing through our site, please feel free to contact us if we can be of assistance. Please check in on us again in the future to see what new and exciting things we are offering.

ATTENTION: Residential Specialty Contractors

The Community Development Division of the Mobile Housing Board has an existing number of rehabilitation projects that need to be addressed immediately.This is an on-going program with contracts being awarded every month. These projects will be available for bidding in amounts up to $25,000.00. The work involves roofing, painting, general carpentry, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC. For more information, call (251) 434-2276. More...

CITY OF MOBILE CONSOLIDATED PLAN/ACTION PLAN ANNUAL REQUESTS FOR FUNDING

The Mobile Housing Board, in conjunction with the City of Mobile, is inviting interested individuals and agencies to submit requests for funding under its three Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funded Entitlement Programs. Funding for these programs will run from May 1, 2008 - April 30, 2009. More..   2008-2013 City of Mobile Draft Consolidated Plan

Senior team wins 'People's Choice' at cook-off

Shrimp Cookoff Winners

A team composed of senior residents of the Mobile Housing Board won the "People's Choice Award" at Volunteer Mobile's 4th Annual Shrimp Cook-off.
The team was lead by Charles Bailey and included Helen Beamon, Mary Hightower and Louise Perry. They cooked one of Bailey's recipes - one he calls "Shrimp and Crawfish Clemeneau." If it sounds like a meal on the menu of a New Orleans restaurant, it's probably because that's where Bailey was working when he created and named the seafood dish.
For many years, Bailey worked as an executive chef in New Orleans and Atlanta before retiring. More...

PHA, ACOP, and Section 8 Admin Plans

2008 PHA Annual Plan , 2008 ACOP Final , 2008 Section 8 Admin Plan, 2007 PHA Annual Plan, 2007 ACOP,and 2007 Section 8 Admin Plan are available. Adobe Acrobat required.

Paid On-the-Job Training Available

Mobile YouthBuild is now accepting applications. Mobile YouthBuild is a construction training program sponsored by Mobile Development Enterprises and Habitat for Humanity. Mobile YouthBuild is open to low- and moderate-income males and females ages 16-24 who: (a) Do not have a high school diploma or GED certificate. (b) Reside in Mobile County. More/Application.

 

Mobile Housing Board accepting
summer job applications from youth

The Mobile Housing Board will accept applications for its summer jobs program for youth through February 15, 2008. The program - the Summer Work Employment Experience Training Program (SWEET-P) - is a 10-week program that is tentatively set to begin on May 30, 2008.
In order to participate in the program, youngsters must be ages 16 to 21 and live within the city of Mobile, which is the area served by the Mobile Housing Board. Students must be enrolled in high school, college, trade school, or in classes that prepare them to take the GED (General Educational Development) Test. They must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher.