Mobile home prices climb more than 12 percent over the past year
Home prices in Mobile jumped 12.2 percent over the last year, according to a new survey, yet the city still ranks among the most affordable midsize metros in the country.…
Mayor Stimpson proposes turning vacant downtown Mobile Gayfer’s building into affordable housing
MOBILE, Ala. — A downtown Mobile building that has sat vacant for decades could soon be reborn as affordable housing. The plan, discussed by Mayor Sandy Stimpson during a Friday…
Summerdale Nonprofit Director Beth Biggs Helps Baldwin County Families Move From Crisis to a Home
For more than three decades, Beth Biggs has built a career around getting people back on their feet. As director of Family Promise of Baldwin County, she now spends her…
Behind Fairhope’s Postcard Image, Families Quietly Struggle as COVID-19 Deepens the Divide
Fairhope is often pictured as a charming, prosperous town, but many working families there were already struggling before COVID-19, and the pandemic has pushed them closer to the edge.
Creola Mobile Home Park Residents Face Eviction After Sudden Land Sale
Residents of a Creola mobile home park say they are scrambling for somewhere to go after learning the park is being sold and redeveloped, and that everyone living there will…
Downtown Mobile Senior Housing Complex Cathedral Place Sold to Tennessee Developer
The Archdiocese of Mobile has sold Cathedral Place, a downtown senior housing complex on Conti Street, to a Tennessee-based developer that plans to keep it running as low-income housing for…
Mobile Launches $20,000 Down Payment Program to Put First Responders in Homes
The City of Mobile is giving police officers and firefighters a leg up on buying their first home through a new Public Safety Down Payment Assistance Program. Qualifying first responders…
New $16.2 Million Glen Arbor Apartments Open Doors to Mobile Seniors and Families
The $16.2 million Glen Arbor apartment community opened in Mobile with 112 units for seniors and families, part of a broader city push to expand affordable housing.
Mobile Housing Board Picks Developers for $439 Million Overhaul
The Mobile Housing Board chose three developers for a sweeping public housing overhaul estimated at up to $439 million under its Transformation Plan 2020.
Bubba, Mayer, Mr. Mitchell: Friends Recall a Mobile Life of Outsized Reach
Friends and colleagues remembered Mayer 'Bubba' Mitchell, the Mobile developer and philanthropist who died at 74, as a man whose influence ran from Leinkauf School to the White House.