City of Wilmington

The Plummer Community Corrections Center is set to close March 2026, sending all residents downstate to live.

City Council adopted Councilmember Shané Darby’s resolution last week 7-0 with six absent.

City Council passed a similar ordinance last month, but the mayor vetoed it shortly after, citing financial and legal liabilities.

Stops throughout the day included Urban Promise Wilmington, Parkview Apartments and William “Hicks” Anderson Community Center.

The subcommittee will follow up on the Homelessness Taskforce's recommendations submitted earlier this year.

Councilmembers passed a resolution discouraging future partnerships or contracts with companies like Avelo Airlines, which profits from ICE deportation operations.

That includes opening a city-owned park to the unhoused community to live in.

Tenants still have the right to withhold rent if water, heat or electricity goes out and the landlord does not fix the problem.

If passed, the ordinance will establish a year-long moratorium on residential and commercial foreclosures that saw their property taxes increase by 25% or more between Fiscal Years 25 and 26 following property reassessment.

The recommendations have five focuses, including affordable housing and establishing a day center.