The Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) will bring back its popular Homebuyers Fair next month, offering aspiring homeowners a chance to learn the ins and outs of purchasing a home. The event, themed “Destination Homeownership,” will take place on Saturday, June 21, at the University of Delaware’s Clayton Hall Conference Center in Newark. READ: Delaware ranks among top states for …
A major affordable housing redevelopment is underway in Newark as officials broke ground last week on the George Read Village project, a $26.6 million initiative that will bring 72 affordable housing units to the city, including 18 new homes. “It is my hope that this is just the beginning of a new era of commitment to this great need. It …
The Affordable Housing Production Task Force released its final report Monday, providing a comprehensive set of nine key objectives aimed at addressing the state’s growing housing crisis. The report, which follows months of deliberations and reviews of 71 specific recommendations, lays out actionable steps to increase the availability of affordable housing across Delaware. Formed in August 2024 under House Bill …
The impact fees New Castle County charges developers to partly pay for the resulting increased costs of public services are going up significantly for the first time since 1999. A bill just passed by New Castle County Council will index the fees, by 2028, to the annual Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index. “As numerous developments have come online over …
Most of the bills flew through the House on the final day of Delaware’s 2024 legislative session, but one dealing with affordable housing was met with resistance before passing. Senate Bill 293, sponsored by Senate Majority Whip Elizabeth “Tizzy” Lockman, D-Wilmington, revises both the Delaware Fair Housing Act and Residential Landlord-Tenant Code to repeal the exemption to discrimination based on …
A joint legislative hearing held by Delaware Senate and Housing committees Wednesday started picking threads out of the tangled wad of factors affecting affordable housing and homelessness in Delaware. The convening of the joint session was clearly a shot across the bow of the state political ship and a forerunner to more state, local and community action on the topics. …
The Senate Housing & Land Use committee on Wednesday heard from dozens of people supporting a bill to provide tenants who lose their leases the right to a lawyer to help. Senate Bill 1, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend, D-Newark, would set up a system for tenants below 200% of the federal poverty line a right to an …
This story was originally published in April 2022. Evidence continues to pile up that Delaware is struggling to provide affordable housing: Data released in April by Housing Alliance Delaware says the state faces a shortage of more than 18,000 affordable and available rental homes for extremely low-income renters. Also this April, Delaware State Housing Authority announced that eligible Delaware renters …
After dispersing $122 million in rental and utility assistance, the Delaware State Housing Authority will stop accepting applications in the new year to manage application volume, the agency announced Tuesday. “There is no guarantee when the program will resume accepting new applications,” the Housing Authority said in a news release. The program closure is necessary due to overwhelming demand, the …
Just over a month after the Delaware State Housing Authority temporarily stopped accepting new applications for rental assistance, the program is back up and running, officials announced Wednesday. The Delaware Housing Assistance Program, or DEHAP, offers financial assistance to qualifying tenants who are at high risk of eviction. The Housing Authority temporarily stopped accepting applications on Sept. 9 to modify …
Delaware’s rental vacancy rate has fallen to the third lowest in the country, according to recently released U.S. Census Bureau data. The vacancy rate indicates the percentage of year-round rental units that are unoccupied at the end of each quarter. According to the Census Bureau, only 2.6% of Delaware’s year-round rental units were vacant at the end of June. Only …
Getty Images Evidence continues to pile up that Delaware is struggling to provide affordable housing: Data released Thursday by Housing Alliance Delaware says the state faces a shortage of more than 18,000 affordable and available rental homes for extremely low-income renters. Also Thursday, Delaware State Housing Authority announced that eligible Delaware renters can now receive up to 18 months of …
