affordable housing

The Delaware State Housing Authority announces preliminary low-income housing tax credit allocations to help build and preserve affordable housing in Delaware.

Seven new housing bills become law in Delaware, including one to create the Affordable Rental Housing Program and several to support manufactured housing communities.

Council members considered implementing regulatory changes incentivizing developers to provide units below market rates and eliminating or reducing minimum parking requirements.

James Place on North Bedford Street was originally only allowed to construct single family detached houses.

The Newark Housing Authority breaks ground on an affordable housing development right behind its administration building.

James Place on North Bedford Street is located on a nearly 22-acre parcel of land currently zoned to hold single family residential houses.

The county's Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval for all three applications.

The passive houses are built to reduce energy consumption and save homeowners up to 90 percent on heating and cooling energy compared to traditional homes.

The project is a part of a larger subdivision development that the County Planning & Zoning Commission approved in October.

Mayor John Collier put together a committee of experts that created the report.