Wilmington mayor vetoes ordinance allowing tenants to hold rent payments in escrow with the city

Wilmington Mayor John Carney vetoed an ordinance Friday that would have allowed the city to hold funds in escrow for renters.

Delaware law allows renters to withhold two-thirds of their rent if their landlord doesn’t address a lack of heat, water, hot water or electricity.

Wilmington City Council passed an ordinance 10-1 with two absent earlier this month that would allow constituents to hold those funds with the city…

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