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Housing authority outlines $48M housing package, adds $1M for homelessness response and a permitting‑streamline plan
Summary
Delaware State Housing Authority Director Matthew Heckles described a multi‑pronged FY27 housing request—maintenance of HDF funding, $6M SRAP, a new $1M homeless response line, a housing‑supply permitting overhaul with vendor Infila, and a downtown small‑business lending pilot—urging continued or increased funding to close growing gaps in affordable housing production.
Matthew Heckles, director of the Delaware State Housing Authority, presented DSHA’s FY27 priorities to the Joint Finance Committee and urged continued funding to sustain affordable‑housing production and expand homelessness services.
Heckles said the recommended package keeps the Housing Development Fund (HDF) at $4 million in the operating budget and maintains SRAP (State Rental Assistance Program) funding at $6 million; the SRAP program served 833 families last year and DSHA reported roughly 3,000 families served across the life of the program. DSHA also asked for a new $1 million "homeless response and stabilization" line to support low‑barrier shelters, outreach, and exit strategies into rental assistance or permanent supportive housing.
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