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Mayor proclaims June Homeownership Month; city highlights $16.7 million investment and critical-repair work
Summary
Mayor Woodfin and the Department of Community Development marked National Homeownership Month, saying the city has invested $16.7 million in homeownership programs and reporting outcomes from critical repair and down-payment assistance initiatives.
Mayor Randall L. Woodfin and the city’s Department of Community Development used the June 24 council meeting to proclaim June 2025 as Homeownership Month and to highlight local programs that support home preservation and pathways to ownership.
Senior Director Corey Stallworth said the city and council have invested $16,700,000 in homeownership efforts. Stallworth told the council that the city’s critical repair program has helped roughly 250 homeowners with work such as roof replacement, kitchen and bathroom improvements, and that the Birmingham Ready to Own program provided down-payment assistance to about 50 homeowners. He also said approximately 250 additional households were “in the pipeline” receiving counseling, credit repair support and other services.
Stallworth introduced two homeowners, Belinda Wine (Inglewood neighborhood) and Rosa Evans (Pratt City), who described receiving critical-repair support and, in Evans’s case, achieving homeownership after participating in tenant-to-homeowner pathways. Stallworth praised public-private partnerships, noted participation by more than 100 partner organizations, and thanked Mayor Woodfin, the council and the Department of Community Development staff for supporting the work.
Council members congratulated the homeowners and emphasized homeownership as a tool to reduce vacancies and stabilize neighborhoods. Councilor Moore and Councilor Abbott both described homeownership and critical repairs as ways to reduce blight, improve neighborhood safety and enable generational wealth building.
Why it matters: The city’s investment and programs aim to preserve existing housing stock, reduce blight and create pathways to ownership for low- and moderate-income residents. The figures the department presented — 250 critical repairs completed and 50 down-payment assistance awards — were offered as program results and pipeline activity at the council meeting.
Looking ahead: Stallworth said the department is continuing to manage about 250 households in its pipeline and working with partners on development and rehab projects; council members asked for continued reporting and thanked the department for program outreach.
