Why Should Delaware Care? In his second year in office, Wilmington Mayor John Carney says he will double down on encouraging affordable housing in Delaware’s largest city. But several council members, concerned about how new money would be spent, are supporting an alternative proposal to send more dollars directly to people struggling to secure housing.
After weeks of scrutiny into Wilmington Mayor John Carney’s proposed $20 million affordable housing initiative, the City Council has introduced an alternative plan that would reduce the amount of money available for subsidies to developers.
The new plan, introduced by Councilwoman Christian Willauer as an amendment to Carney’s initiative, calls for redistributing many of those dollars into various programs to directly support people struggling to secure housing…