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New Castle County committee schedules multiple affordable-housing ordinances, hears funding breakdown for Southbridge project amid tense exchange
Summary
The New Castle County Community Services Committee on April 28 scheduled a series of housing- and shelter-related ordinances for consideration on May 12, including a scope change to build townhomes on the former Palmer School site in Southbridge; County officials outlined a roughly $11 million project budget and debated whether county funds would flow to the city of Wilmington.
New Castle County Council Community Services Committee Co-Chair Councilman Hollins on April 28 opened the committee and scheduled a slate of ordinances related to affordable housing and shelter renovations for consideration on May 12.
The agenda included Ordinance 26040 to appropriate Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh funds for Hope Center shelter renovations; Ordinance 26041 to add anticipated HUD funds for an Emergency Housing Voucher Shelter; and a series of affordable-housing amendments (26042, 26046, 26047, 26048, 26049 and 26050) that would reallocate county housing funds, change project scopes, and carry grant funds for special events and lead-remediation efforts.
"Order number 26040, amend the grants budget appropriate funds from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh to the Hope Center Shelter renovations," Co-Chair Councilman Hollins said when introducing the first item. He also said there was no public comment online during the committee's review.
Why it matters: The bundle of ordinances would shift resources and project scopes across New Castle County, including purchases of nine parcels near the Route 9…
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