Birmingham Times: As Birmingham Turns Blight into Affordable Housing, Residents Return

Birmingham Times, June 15, 2022, As Birmingham Turns Blight into Affordable Housing, Residents Return

The apartments, where the Paynes lived for 20 years until they were demolished in the early 2000s, have been replaced by the newly developed Oak Hill development of Belview Heights in Ensley, which now features 27 brand new homes on what were formerly vacant lots in the neighborhood.

Oak Hill—the result of a partnership between the city of Birmingham and the Housing Rehab Fund of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition—is one of many examples of efforts to make affordable housing available across the city

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