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1 EMERGENCY HOUSING & SERVICES QUICK REFERRAL LIST. 2014-2015 Delaware affordable HOUSING SERVICES Directory If you have no financial resources and are in need of immediate help for EMERGENCY HOUSING or HOUSING -related SERVICES , the following agencies may be able to assist you. Delaware Helpline 1-800-464-4357. For Most Emergencies: Delaware State Service Centers This Directory, Page 13. EMERGENCY Shelters & This Directory Pages 80 - 91. Transitional HOUSING Delaware State Service Centers This Directory, Page 13. Wilmington: (302) 654-9295. EMERGENCY Home Heating Fuel Catholic Charities Dover: (302) 674-1782. Assistance Georgetown: (302) 856-6310. EMERGENCY Home Dover, City of (302) 736-7175. Weatherization, Repairs New Castle: (302) 498-0454. First State Community Action Agency Dover: (302) 674-1355. Georgetown: (302) 856-7761. Inter-Neighborhood Foundation (302) 429-0333. Wilmington Kent County Levy Court, (302) 744-2480. Department of Planning SERVICES Lutheran Community SERVICES (302) 654-8886.

2 ( , Elderly and Disabled only). Neighborhood House, Wilmington (302) 652-3928. Newark Senior Center (302) 737-2336. New Castle County Department of (302) 395-5618. Community SERVICES (Seniors). Catholic Charities - Basic Needs EMERGENCY Financial Assistance Wilmington (302) 654-9295. (Security Deposit, Mortgage Payment, Dover (302) 674-1600. Small Funds) Georgetown (302) 856-9578. Center, Inc. ( ) (302) 654-4550. EMERGENCY Foreclosure Assistance: Lutheran Community SERVICES ( ) (302) 654-8886. (Qualifying Individuals). Salvation Army - Wilmington (302) 472-0700. HOUSING Counselors, Page 18 Dover (302) 678-9551. Seaford (302) 628-2020. Attorney General's Foreclosure Hotline: 800-220-5424 West End Neighborhood House (302) 658-4171 (Statewide). Security Deposit Loan Program Dept. of Justice (Attorney General) (800) 220-5424 or (302) 577-8600. Legal Advice/Help Community Legal Aid Soc. of Del. (800) 292-7980 or (302) 575-0660. (Landlord/Tenant, Fair HOUSING , (800) 773-0606 or (302) 478-8550.)

3 Delaware Volunteer Legal SERVICES Foreclosure Issues). 11. GOVERNMENT HOUSING AUTHORITIES & DEPARTMENTS IN DELAWARE. 2014-2015 Delaware affordable HOUSING SERVICES Directory Delaware State HOUSING Authority hopes to be able to assist you with all your HOUSING needs. However, for information outside the jurisdiction of DSHA, it may be necessary for you to contact another HOUSING agency. The following government HOUSING authorities and HOUSING departments operate in Delaware: Agency Director Address Telephone Delaware State Anas Ben Addi 18 The Green (888) 363-8808. HOUSING Authority Director Dover, DE 19901. Ami Sebastian-Hauer 76 Stevenson Drive Dover HOUSING Authority (302) 678-1965. Executive Director Dover, DE 19901. Kent County Administrative Kent County Levy Court Sarah E. Keifer Complex Department of Planning (302) 744-2480. Director 555 Bay Road SERVICES Dover, DE 19901. Marene Jordan 313 East Main Street Newark HOUSING Authority (302) 366-0826. Executive Director Newark, DE 19711.

4 New Castle County Alan Matas 87 Reads Way Department of (302) 395-5600. General Manager New Castle, DE 19720. Community SERVICES Sussex County, Community 22215 DuPont Boulevard Brad Whaley Development and HOUSING P. O. Box 589 (302) 855-7777. Director Department Georgetown, DE 19947. 1221 College Park Drive USDA Rural Development Dr. William McGowan Suite 200 (302) 857-3580. State Director Dover, DE 19904. Department of HOUSING Maria Bynum 920 King Street (302) 573-6300. & Urban Development Field Office Director Suite 404. (HUD) Wilmington, DE 19801. City/County Building Wilmington Department of Nailiah B. Gilliam 800 N. French Street (302) 576-3000. Real Estate & HOUSING Director Wilmington, DE 19801. Wilmington HOUSING Frederick S. Purnell 400 N. Walnut Street (302) 429-6701. Authority Executive Director Wilmington, DE 19801. 12. DIVISION OF STATE SERVICE CENTERS. 2014-2015 Delaware affordable HOUSING SERVICES Directory The Division of State Service Centers administers service centers with the goal of providing one-stop centers for human service and HOUSING needs.

5 The State Service Centers provide EMERGENCY financial assistance to low-income citizens who are eligible for or in receipt of TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) Gen- eral Assistance (Adult Population), pregnant women with Medicaid, and children* under Poverty Medicaid (*not Delaware Healthy Children Medicaid). State Service Centers (SSC). APPOQUINIMINK SSC 122 Silver Lake Road, Middletown, DE 19709 (302) 378-5770. BELVEDERE SSC 310 Kiamensi Road, Wilmington, DE 19804 (302) 995-8545. BRIDGEVILLE SSC 400 Mill Street, Bridgeville, DE 19933 (302) 337-8261. CLAYMONT SSC 3301 Green Street, Claymont, DE 19703 (302) 798-2870. DE LA WARR SSC 500 Rogers Road, New Castle, DE 19720 (302) 577-2970. THURMAN ADAMS SSC 546 South Bedford Street, Georgetown, DE 19947 (302) 856-5574. HUDSON SSC 501 Ogletown Road, Newark, DE 19711 (302) 283-7500. LAUREL SSC 31039 N. Poplar Street, Laurel, DE 19956 (302) 875-6943. MILFORD SSC 11-13 Church Avenue, Milford, DE 19963 (302) 424-7200.

6 MILFORD ANNEX 13 S. W. Front Street, Milford, DE 19963 (302) 422-7230. NORTHEAST SSC 1624 Jessup Street, Wilmington, DE 19802 (302) 577-3150. PORTER, WINDER, LAIRD SSC 509 West 8th Street, Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 577-3400. PYLE SSC 34314 Pyle Center Road, Frankford, DE 19945 (302) 732-9501. SHIPLEY SSC 350 Virginia Avenue, Seaford, DE 19973 (302) 628-2000. SMYRNA SSC 200 S. DuPont Blvd., Suite 101, Smyrna, DE 19977 (302) 514-4500. WILLIAMS SSC 805 River Road, Dover, DE 19901 (302) 857-5000. Laurel Appoquinimink Claymont Milford Delawarr Thurman Adams Hudson Pyle 13. DSHA affordable HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. 2014-2015 Delaware affordable HOUSING SERVICES Directory Delaware State HOUSING Authority's (DSHA) mission is to efficiently provide, and as- sist others to provide, quality affordable HOUSING opportunities and appropriate sup- portive SERVICES to low- and moderate-income Delawareans. We hope to contribute to the accomplishment of this mission by providing the following infor- mation to assist you with finding affordable and subsidized rental HOUSING , affordable home- ownership programs, and affordable HOUSING rehabilitation programs throughout Delaware.

7 If you have any questions concerning these programs and materials, please call Delaware State HOUSING Authority's Public Information Office at (888) 363-8808. Additional information is available on our website at or at our offices: 18. The Green, Dover, DE 19901. A ordable Rental HOUSING Assistance Program Features Criteria Contact Public HOUSING Program - Resident families pay either 30% - Households whose gross incomes do not ex- For an application, con- (See DSHA Public HOUSING Site or 35% of their household adjusted ceed 80% of the area median income may qualify tact the DSHA Waiting monthly income for rent and for this program. The following applicants receive List Office at: Map, next page.). utilties. preference (priority) on the waiting list: (888) 363-8808 or Provides safe, decent, affordable - Working families rental HOUSING and access to support- - DSHA owns and manages 10 - Elderly (62 or older) Apply online at: ive SERVICES to very low-income public HOUSING sites in Delaware.

8 Participants must live at one of - Disabled Delawareans in Kent and Sussex - U. S. veterans or families of deceased Counties these sites. veterans - Those who reside or work in Kent or Sussex County HOUSING Choice Voucher - Participants pay either 30% or Criteria and contacts are the same as Public 35% of their household income HOUSING , above. Program (Formerly Section 8) for rent and utilities. Provides subsidies to eligible, very - Participants select their own low-income individuals and families to DSHA-approved apartment or rent existing, privately owned dwelling home to rent. units in Kent and Sussex Counties DSHA Section 8 New Construc- - Participants pay 30% of their in- Criteria are the same as above, except: There Applications are also come for rent and utilities. is no preference for applicants who reside or work accepted at the Huling tion (Site-Based Section 8) in Kent or Sussex County. Applicants Cove site. - Huling Cove/Annex, Lewes,DE must be 62 years of age or older or disabled.

9 (Elderly). Referrals to affordable and - A list of affordable and subsidized Criteria differ for each site. For example, some of Contact the managers of rental HOUSING sites for each the sites offer accessibility for disabled residents. individual sites or log onto Subsidized Rental Sites county appears in this publication. Some sites welcome families, while others are the DSHA Website and throughout Delaware - DSHA directly manages or over- strictly designed for the elderly or disabled. For click Renters.. sees the management of some of more information, call the sites directly. these sites, while others are pri- Contact the sites directly. vately owned and managed. Referrals to EMERGENCY - A list of EMERGENCY and transi- Length of stay and population served differs for Contact the sites directly. tional HOUSING sites for each each facility. Shelters and Transitional county appears in this publication. HOUSING Sites throughout DSHA provides referrals to the Delaware sites.

10 Referrals to - One-time EMERGENCY financial Funds may be available at these agencies: For contact information, assistance for: Security Deposit, - Catholic Charities refer to affordable Hous- EMERGENCY Funds Providers rent, mortgage payment, small - Center, Inc. ing SERVICES Providers . funds. - Lutheran Community SERVICES (Elderly) list in this publication, - Salvation Army Pages 21 - 48, or Emer- - First State Community Action Agency gency HOUSING & Serv- ices QUICK REFERRAL List, . Page 11. 14. NEW CASTLE COUNTY affordable HOUSING SITES. 2014-2015 Delaware affordable HOUSING SERVICES Directory Subsidized sites offer rents based on household income in accordance with federal regulations. The remaining sites, though not subsi- dized by the federal government, are considered affordable . They offer lower than market rate rents to families and individuals with modest incomes. Application fees vary. Contact the site manager directly for specific information. For additional rental assistance, please refer to the Table of Contents in the front of this book.