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Our Mission
Our mission is to advance housing opportunities, end homelessness, and promote vibrant communities.
Housing Alliance Delaware is a statewide nonprofit organization that works with partners to address the affordable housing needs in our communities and solve the crisis of homelessness.
Housing Alliance Delaware builds coalitions, coordinates access to help for people experiencing homelessness, and shares information with the public and decision-makers to achieve our mission.
2023 Impact Report
If you are experiencing homelessness and are in need of assistance, you may contact Centralized Intake by calling
1-833-FIND-BED (1-833-346-3233) or emailing intake@housingalliancede.org.
Hours of Operation:
8am - 5pm Monday - Friday
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Click on the image below to access a statewide list of homeless assistance resources that includes shelters, transitional housing programs, and drop in centers.
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Our Policy Priorities
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Increasing state and federal funding for affordable housing.
We believe that the #1 crisis in Delaware deserves 1% of the state budget. Delaware is short 20,000 affordable housing units for current residents. More public funds/subsidies are needed to ensure that affordable rentals and homes for sale are brought online for working people and families. Due to the cost of construction, land, development, etc. affordable housing is only possible with local, state, and/or federal support. Delaware’s financial investment in affordable housing has not increased for decades.
3. Protecting the rights of people experiencing homelessness, and implementing data-driven solutions to homelessness.
Homelessness has continued to increase in Delaware since 2019. The number of people sleeping outdoors has increased significantly. Solutions to this crisis, like housing first, harm reduction, street outreach, and supportive housing should be deployed to respond to this crisis. We oppose any efforts that criminalize homelessness, penalize people for being unhoused, or move unhoused people from one place to another without providing meaningful housing and services solutions.
2. Reforming land use and zoning practices to encourage affordable housing development.
Land use laws and practices in Delaware make it time-consuming, difficult and costly to develop the affordable housing that our communities desperately need. Local and state governments should reform their land use practices and zoning laws to encourage more affordable housing development. Examples include inclusionary zoning, increasing density, allowing by-right affordable housing, and encouraging affordable housing with financial or regulatory incentives.
4. Enhancing Tenant Rights & Protections.
Tenants deserve to have their rights protected, and to be able to seek and receive relief when their safety and/or rights are violated by property owners. There are many neighboring cities and states that have stronger renter protections that Delaware should implement, including “pay to stay” laws and just cause eviction protections.
5. Increasing Delaware’s Supply of Supportive Housing.
Supportive housing is an evidence-based solution to homelessness for people with high service needs, including seniors, people with behavioral, mental, developmental, and physical disabilities. Supportive housing combines financial help paying rent with supportive services. When implemented using the evidence-based housing first model, supportive housing solves homelessness for the most vulnerable, providing them with safe and dignified housing as well as individually tailored support services. Delaware’s stock of supportive housing is not sufficient to meet the needs of Delaware’s residents.
Our Programs
