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SB246 - An Act To Amend Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Housing Repair And Modification Fund.
Russ Huxtable, Elizabeth Lockman, David P. Sokola
Last updated 4 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
For over 30 years, the Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) has invested in home repair programs that make necessary repairs to improve the health and safety conditions in the homes of Delawareans.
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Passed
SB23 - An Act To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Housing.
Russ Huxtable, Elizabeth Lockman, David P. Sokola
Last updated 6 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Accessory dwelling units (ADUs), also known as in-law units or garage apartments, are valuable and convenient forms of housing that can help to increase Delawares housing supply. In order to expand affordable housing opportunities, this Act requires local governments to permit the construction of ADUs within their jurisdictions without prohibitive barriers or onerous application or zoning requirements.
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Introduced
SB245 - An Act To Amend Titles 10 And 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Residential Mortgage Foreclosure And The Office Of Foreclosure Prevention And Financial Education.
Russ Huxtable, Elizabeth Lockman, David P. Sokola
Last updated 4 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
The Office of Foreclosure Prevention and Financial Education and the Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program were created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to assist homeowners at risk of foreclosure or already navigating the foreclosure process. Originally intended as temporary programs, the need for these programs is as critical as ever for those facing the loss of their homes. The programs have proven to be important resources in preserving home ownership and educating homeowners on their rights and responsibilities in times of economic contraction and in times of economic expansion. As a result of their successes, the General Assembly has extended the programs multiple times. It is clear that the need for these programs will continue for the foreseeable future. In recognition of this reality, this Act removes the expiration dates from the programs.
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Passed
SB247 - An Act To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Manufactured Housing.
Russ Huxtable, Elizabeth Lockman, David P. Sokola
Last updated 4 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
This Act creates a clearer and workable system for ensuring that manufactured home communities with health and safety violations and conditions that threaten the health and safety of people in the community cannot continue to raise rents on residents without fixing the conditions and providing a safe community for its residents.
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Passed
SB244 - An Act To Amend Title 9 Of The Delaware Code Relating To County Taxes.
Russ Huxtable, Elizabeth Lockman, David P. Sokola
Last updated 4 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
This Act allows a county that imposes a lodging tax to spend money from that tax on workforce and affordable housing programs.
STATUS
Passed
SB22 - An Act To Amend Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Establishing The Delaware Workforce Housing Program.
Russ Huxtable, Elizabeth Lockman, David P. Sokola
Last updated 4 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
This Act establishes the Delaware Workforce Housing Program" (DWHP). Modeled after the Downtown Development District Program, the DWHP allows a qualified workforce housing investor to be reimbursed through a grant up to 20 percent of the capital costs associated with workforce housing units they create.
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Passed
SB25 - An Act To Amend Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Realty Transfer Tax.
Russ Huxtable, Elizabeth Lockman, David P. Sokola
Last updated 4 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
This Act exempts contracts for the construction of affordable housing units from the 2% realty transfer tax imposed under 30 Del. C. § 5402(f).
STATUS
Passed
HCR116 - Recognizing April 24, 2024, As Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Or "aka Day At The Capitol" In Delaware.
Sherry Dorsey Walker, Darius Brown, Bryan Townsend
Last updated 7 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes April 24, 2024, as Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated or AKA Day at the Capitol in Delaware.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB263 - An Act Amending Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Solid Waste Recycling.
William Charles Paradee, Sophie Phillips, Paul S. Baumbach
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
This Act limits the use of plastic and other beverage container rings, as well as plastic shrink wraps and plastic tops used to connect beverages, by expanding the definitions of beverage and beverage container and prohibiting beverages from being sold in containers connected to each other with plastic, ring, or ring-like connectors. Juice boxes and other aseptic containers are not defined as beverage containers and are not included in the ban.
STATUS
Introduced
HB363 - An Act To Amend Title 25 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Rights Of Tenant Employees.
Eric A. Morrison, Bryan Townsend, Larry D. Lambert
Last updated about 2 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
This Act requires a landlord who provides a dwelling place to a person as part of their employment compensation to provide them with a disclosure form advising them of the conditions and requirements for occupancy and vacancy of the premises once they are no longer employed for the landlord. The disclosure must inform the tenant employee that the landlord must offer the tenant, within 5 business days of termination by the employer, the opportunity to enter into a written rental agreement, if no rental agreement is in effect already. No offer for a rental agreement is necessary if the tenant employee is terminated for cause. The landlord may condition the rental agreement on the person financially qualifying as a tenant and meeting the landlords income, credit, or other financial requirements for renting the unit. This Act also lengthens the time period the landlord must wait before bringing a summary possession action against a formerly employed tenant from 15 days to 30 days unless the termination is for cause.
STATUS
Passed
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