homelessness

New Castle County will spend a significant chunk of its federal COVID relief funds on affordable housing. The County announced Monday that $30 million of…

Many searching for rental housing are coming up short as rent prices surge.Staff at New Castle County’s Hope Center are focused on helping those experiencing homelessness identify available—and affordable—units.Delaware Public Media’s Sophia Schmidt visited the hotel-turned-homeless-shelter this week to learn more about efforts to help people caught in the rental crunch from housing locator coordinator Dana Mitchell and director of operations Nicole Waters.

It’s been the better part of a year since the hotel-turned-homeless-shelter owned by New Castle County opened. Now its focus is shifting. When it opened…

Delaware lawmakers debated new protections for renters in the state Monday. The state’s African American Task Force approved a couple recommendations…

The annual count of Delawareans experiencing homelessness is way up from last year. The yearly Point in Time count of Delawareans experiencing…

The hotel-turned-homeless-shelter in New Castle began taking its first referrals through the state last week. The New Castle County Hope Center’s first…

A temporary COVID-19 unit for the general public is in place at a Milford nursing home. It’s an effort to open up space in hospitals as capacity is tested…

Just weeks after New Castle County settled on the property, the old Sheraton hotel along I-95 in New Castle is open as an emergency shelter. The County…

New Castle County officials offered new details Tuesday on their plan to turn a hotel into a homeless shelter.New Castle County cast the winning bid for…

New Castle County government has won the auction for a hotel along I-95. The County plans to turn it into a homeless shelter. The County won the auction…