Ala. Code § 24-1-103
The area of operation or boundaries of a regional housing authority shall include, except as otherwise provided elsewhere in this article, all of the counties for which such regional housing authority is created and established; provided, that a regional housing authority shall not undertake any housing project or projects within the boundaries of any municipality or housing authority unless a resolution shall have been adopted by the governing body of such municipality and also by any housing authority which shall have been previously established and authorized to exercise its powers in such municipality, declaring that there is a need for the regional housing authority to exercise its powers within such municipality.
Ala. Code § 24-1-103 (1975)