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Real Estate & Housing keeps federal programs steady while boosting neighborhood clean-team support
Summary
The Real Estate and Housing Department presented a mostly flat non-federal operating budget that increases funding for the neighborhood clean-team program and continues funding for federal CDBG/HOME/ESG/HOPWA grants; officials described homeowner repair lottery results and described use of neighborhood stabilization funds.
The Department of Real Estate and Housing presented its FY2026 budget request to the Wilmington City Finance Committee, asking for about $2.7 million in general-fund support and noting a substantial federal grant portfolio that the department administers for the city’s affordable-housing and neighborhood-stabilization work.
OMB analyst Mr. Hayford said the department requested $2,700,000 in general funds, a 3.9% increase largely driven by an administrative shift: temporary salaries rose to support mortgage-document digitization, and the neighborhood clean-team program was increased by $100,000 to reflect higher wage costs and preserve five-day-a-week work for residents earning pay through the program.
Director of Real Estate and Housing Tom Weir reviewed department priorities: increasing affordable housing supply, stabilizing neighborhoods, preserving existing housing stock, increasing homeownership and supporting service providers for low- and…
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