Senate Substitute No. 1 for Senate Bill No. 1 was passed by the Delaware legislature on June 14, 2023, and signed by the Governor on July 25, 2023.  The official legislated start date for the three-year phase-in of Right to Representation in Eviction Cases was November 22, 2023.  I have been hired into the position […]

The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services recently took an important but long overdue step to protect food benefits for low-income Delawareans through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”). SNAP, more commonly referred to as food benefits or food stamps, is an anti-hunger program that provides monthly benefit grants to low-income individuals and families […]

Did you know that April is National Fair Housing Month?  This year marks the 55th anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act, the landmark civil rights law that made discrimination in housing transactions unlawful. The Act prohibits discrimination because of race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, and […]

It is no secret that there is a housing crisis in this country. Since early 2021, when we were all still immersed in the ramifications of the pandemic, a group of interested stakeholders here in Delaware began to meet on a regular basis (over Zoom, of course), to brainstorm and engage in strategic and targeting […]

Which of these things is not like the other:  Stealing a hoagie from WAWA Being evicted from your apartment Needing an order of protection to keep a perpetrator of domestic violence away Losing your food benefits.   The answer is of course, (a), but perhaps not for the reason you might think. People accused of crimes […]