Why Should Delaware Care?Housing affordability has become a dramatic problem in Delaware with prices rising more than 50% in the last decade and new studies finding that the state needs thousands of cheaper home options. But proposals for new types of homes often conflict with desires of existing residents to keep the character of their areas unchanged.
A 3-story apartment complex off U.S. 13 is likely coming to Middletown’s suburbs, an area characterized by big houses on bigger tracts of land.
The New Castle County Council on Tuesday will vote on the development plan for The Plaza at Boyds, a 288-unit apartment complex with retail and commercial space on the ground floor. The county land use department has previously stated the proposal complies with the county code, meaning its unlikely the council would reject it…