Introduction

This project is the result of a regional partnership involving organizations committed to increasing the availability of quality housing for low-income residents. Please visit other areas of the site and learn more about The Woodlawn Housing Initiative, view the data we have collected, learn about different facets of the initiative and the Woodlawn and South Woodlawn neighborhoods, and visit the websites of our partners.

These houses are typical of Woodlawn’s bungelow architecture
and viability of the housing stock.

Woodlawn Housing Initiative Partners

The Woodlawn Housing Initiative involves a partnership of local not-for-profit agencies, universities, churches, and the Woodlawn Community, and was initially underwritten by the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham with a grant to Region 2020, a local visioning agency that organized and coordinates the current effort to revitalize the area. The Woodlawn Housing Initiative was initially spawned by Habitat for Humanity’s “21^st Century Challenge”, a charge to eliminate substandard housing in urban neighborhoods, and neighborhood residents concerned about the welfare of their community.

• Auburn Urban Design Center
• Birmingham Affordable Rental Community, Inc.
• Birmingham Historical Society
• Birmingham Southern College Southern Environmental Center
• Boehm Realty
• Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
• ESRI
• Geographic Information Services, Inc.
• Grace Episcopal Church
• Greater Birmingham Habitat for Humanity
• Hugh Kaul Foundation
• Jefferson County Information Services
• Neighborhood Housing Services
• Outreach Incorporated
• Region 2020
• Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham
• University of Alabama at Birmingham
                   Department of Sociology
                   Department of Academic Computing / VPIT
• US Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Woodlawn Housing Action
• Woodlawn Neighborhood Association
• YW Homes

For information on the housing initiative, contact

Region 2020
info@region2020.org

For technical assistance with the web site, contact

Regional Planning Commission (Marshall Farmer)
mfarmer@brpc-al.org