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State Data Overview
Across Delaware, there is a shortage of rental homes affordable and available to extremely low income households (ELI), whose incomes are at or below the poverty guideline or 30% of their area median income (AMI). Many of these households are severely cost burdened, spending more than half of their income on housing. Severely cost burdened poor households are more likely than other renters to sacrifice other necessities like healthy food and healthcare to pay the rent, and to experience unstable housing situations like evictions.
Housing Profiles
Delaware
Key Facts
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24,639 OR 23%
Renter households that are extremely low-income
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-14,417
Shortage of rental homes affordable and available for extremely low-income renters
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$31,920
Average income limit for 4-person extremely low income household
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$66,981
Annual household income needed to afford a two-bedroom rental home at HUD's Fair Market Rent (FMR)
Impact on Low-Wage Workers
A minimum wage worker would need to work:
- 70 hours per week or 1.8 full-time jobs to afford a 1-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
- 86 hours per week or 2.1 full-time jobs to afford a 2-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent (FMR).
Most Expensive Areas 2-Bedroom Housing Wage Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington MSA $34.81 Dover MSA $28.27 Sussex County $26.90 Common Occupations Median Hourly Wage Nursing Assistants $20.77 Retail Salespersons $17.47 Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners $17.45 Home Health and Personal Care Aides $16.96 Fast Food and Counter Workers $15.47 Solutions
- Provide significant resources to build and preserve homes affordable to renters with the lowest incomes through investments in public housing and the national Housing Trust Fund
- Encourage states and local communities to reform zoning and land use regulations that prevent housing from being built and push up housing costs
- Bridge the gap between incomes and housing costs by expanding rental assistance so that it is universally available to all eligible households or consider other innovative approaches, such as a fully refundable renters’ tax credit
- Prevent evictions and homelessness by creating permanent tools, such as emergency rental assistance, to help stabilize families in crisis
- Other federal housing resources, including the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, should be reformed to better address the shortage of rental housing affordable to the lowest-income households.
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State Level Partners
NLIHC Housing Advocacy Organizer
Zenayah Roaché
State PartnersHousing Alliance Delaware
100 W. 10th Street, Suite 611
Wilmington, DE 19801
P 302-654-0126
www.housingalliancede.orgRachel Stucker
Executive Director
[email protected]Rabbi Sonya Starr
Policy Director
[email protected]Become an NLIHC State Partner
NLIHC’s affiliation with our state coalition partners is central to our advocacy efforts. Although our partners' involvement varies, they are all housing and homeless advocacy organizations engaged at the state and federal level. Many are traditional coalitions with a range of members; others are local organizations that serve more informally as NLIHC's point of contact.
Inquire about becoming a state partner by contacting [email protected]
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Housing Trust FundHTF Implementation Information
NLIHC continues working with leaders in each state and the District of Columbia who will mobilize advocates in support of HTF allocation plans that benefit ELI renters to the greatest extent possible. Please contact the point person coordinating with NLIHC in your state (below) to find out about the public participation process and how you can be involved.
Current Year HTF Allocation$2,982,433
HTF State Resources2020
Draft 2020-24 ConPlan and 2020 Annual Action Plan, HTF Allocation Plan on page 182 (PDF)
HTF Permanent Supportive Housing Guidelines NOFA (PDF)
2019
NHTF Permanent Supportive Housing NOFA (PDF)
Draft Annual Action Plan with HTF Allocation Plan on page 162 (PDF)
2018
2018 HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
HTF NOFA (PDF)
Draft 2018 HTF Allocation Plan, page 123 of Appendix to draft Action Plan (PDF)
2017
HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
2016
HUD-approved 2016 Allocation Plan (PDF)
Executive Summary of HTF Allocation Plan (PDF)
Announcement Permanent Supportive Housing NOFA (PDF)
Permanent Supportive Housing Set-Aside NOFA (PDF)
Public participation notes and comments (PDF)
Draft HTF Allocation Plan by Delaware State Housing Authority (PDF)
HTF Allocation Plan summary prepared by Delaware State Housing Authority (PDF)
State Designated EntityState Entity Webpage
Delaware State HousingOfficial Directly Involved with HTF ImplementationStephanie Griffin
Director of Housing Development
O: 302-739-4263
M: 302-535-0718
[email protected]Alice Davis
Housing Development Administrator
302-739-0268
[email protected]NHTF-specific Page
Some National Housing Trust Fund information at the Supportive Housing page at “Housing Trust Fund Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH)”
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ResourcesResources
Housing Profiles
State Housing Profile
State Housing Profile: Delaware (PDF)
Congressional District Housing Profile
See State Housing Profile (PDF)
Research and Data
National Housing Preservation Database
The National Housing Preservation Database is an address-level inventory of federally assisted rental housing in the United States.
Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing
Out of Reach documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing. In Delaware and Nationwide
The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Rental Homes
The Gap represents data on the affordable housing supply and housing cost burdens at the national, state, and metropolitan levels. In Delaware and Nationwide
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