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Wilmington councilmember outlines landlord engagement lab proposals: registry, incentives, loan/grant repairs
Summary
Councilwoman Shanae Darby reviewed a landlord engagement lab project developed with the National League of Cities and Stanford Legal Design Lab that recommends an online rental registry, landlord incentives, education, repair loans/grants and a six‑month amnesty for unlicensed rentals.
Councilwoman Shanae Darby told the Committee of the Whole on Wednesday that Wilmington participated in a Landlord Engagement Lab organized by the National League of Cities and Stanford Legal Design Lab to focus on “mom-and-pop” landlords managing 20 or fewer units.
Darby said the lab produced five policy ideas the city could adopt: an online rental registry; incentives to encourage landlords to register (examples cited included parking permits, reduced…
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