DELAWARE STATE HOUSING AUTHORITY ANNOUNCES NEW PROGRAM AND PARTNERSHIPS TO ADDRESS HOUSING INSTABILITY
The Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) has awarded over $800,000 in Housing Outreach and Stability Services (HOSS) grants to five community partner organizations throughout the state.
The overarching goal of HOSS is to support individuals and families in maintaining their housing and achieving housing stability. HOSS does this by providing education on and connection to short- and long-term services as needed.
Each HOSS partner organization will have dedicated staff to provide community outreach, case management, and other wraparound supports-including referrals to legal aid, employment or education resources, and financial literacy and housing counseling-to eligible households experiencing housing instability. The five HOSS organizations are:
Central Delaware Habitat For Humanity Latin American Community Center
https://centraldelawarehabitat.org/ https://www.thelatincenter.org/
302-526-2366 302) 655-7338
Lutheran Community Services NeighborGood Partners
https://lcsde.org/ https://www.neighborgoodpartners.org/
302 654-8886 302-678-9400
West End Neighborhood House
https://lcsde.org/
302-658-4171
The HOSS grants are funded through the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERA), which the U.S. Department of the Treasury distributed to Delaware in December 2020 and March 2021.
"Our agency frequently receives calls, emails, and letters from Delawareans facing housing instability," said DSHA Director Eugene Young, Jr. "We're a state of neighbors, and help is out there for those in need. DSHA is proud to partner with these five organizations and help make the essential connections and referrals to services."
To receive services from a HOSS organization, the individual and/or family must meet the following requirements:
· One or more individuals qualified for unemployment OR experienced a reduction in income, incurred significant costs, or experienced other financial hardship due directly or indirectly to the pandemic; AND
· Risk of experiencing homelessness or housing instability, which may include: past due utility or rent notice or eviction notice, housing cost burden (rent is more than 30% of monthly income), or any member of the household has experienced homelessness since March 13, 2020;
· Income (either 2020 annual income or current income at time of application) at or below 80% of Area Median Income for the county of residence.
1-person 2-person 3-person 4-person 5-person 6-person 7-person 8-person
New Castle County 62,500 71,400 80,350 89,250 96,400 103,550 110,700 117,85
Kent County 45,750 52,300 58,850 65,350 70,600 75,850 81,050 86,300
Sussex County 49,800 56,900 64,000 71,100 76,800 82,500 88,200 93,900
To learn more about the HOSS program, please visit http://www.destatehousing.com/OtherPrograms/ot_hoss.ph.
About Delaware State Housing AuthorityT
he Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA), formed in 1968, is dedicated to providing quality, affordable housing opportunities and appropriate supportive services to low- and moderate-income Delawareans. In addition to its role as the State's Housing Finance Agency, DSHA is unique in that it also serves as a Public Housing Authority and acts as a Community Development and Planning Agency. As a Public Housing Authority, DSHA receives funding from HUD to build, own and operate public housing in Kent and Sussex counties, two of Delaware's three counties. For more information about DSHA, please call (302) 739-4263 or visit destatehousing.com
