Why Should Delaware Care? Although Delaware’s homeless population has grown in recent years, the availability of resources and affordable housing has not. Last week, lawmakers included in a state budget a new initiative that would pay for 50 families with school-age children to move out of motels or shelters, and into rental housing.
Lawmakers on Delaware’s powerful Joint Finance Committee included an $800,000 line item into the state’s supplemental budget last week that would pay for homeless Delaware families with school-aged children to move into stable housing.
The introduction of the item – pushed by Rep. Kim Williams (D-Stanton) – followed an announcement last month from Delaware budget forecasters that the state would collect nearly $200 million more in revenue during the next fiscal year than previously estimated…