Why Should Delaware Care? Affordable Housing has been a persistent theme in Wilmington, with debates over subsidies for developers and rent stabilization. Now a different fight is also emerging at some of the few affordable apartments available for the city’s seniors, with some saying their publicly supported homes are falling short of basic living standards.
Wilmington city officials are set to inspect several publicly supported high-rise housing complexes after residents brought a list of complaints to City Council last week, saying management entities, including the Wilmington Housing Authority, have failed to address poor living conditions that have persisted for months.
More than 50 senior residents came to last week’s Wilmington City Council meeting with complaints about months of living conditions in publicly supported housing, citing inconsistent hot water, rodents, bedbugs, flood damage, mold, broken elevators and unsanitary common areas…