Delaware State Housing Authority is a public housing agency that helps provide decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. Delaware State Housing Authority manages several funded programs and has a total of 60 subsidized affordable housing units for rental assistance. Delaware State Housing Authority administered a total of 50 Section 8 Vouchers. Delaware State Housing Authority currently has low rent units and Section 8 Voucher as its program type. Delaware State Housing Authority is located at 18 The Green, Dover, DE, 19901 and serves the city of Dover. Income limits, fair market rents and rent rates vary with each agency. Please contact Delaware State Housing Authority at, (302) 739-4263 for more information about coverage area and program availability.

The Delaware State Housing Authority was created in 1968 as a public corporation in the Delaware State Department of Housing. In 1970, DSHA became part of the Department of Community Affairs and later, in 1987, joined the Delaware Economic Development Office. Recognizing the critical services provided by DSHA, Governor Thomas R. Carper established DSHA as an independent authority in the Executive Department in 1998, with its Director, Susan Frank, reporting directly to the Governor as a member of the Cabinet. This historical step cemented the role of affordable housing as a key aspect of State policy.

Since 1968, when the Delaware General Assembly appropriated $100,000 for first-year operations, DSHA's assets have grown to more than $500 million. The greatest period of growth has occurred since 1975, when the Authority first began issuing tax-exempt revenue bonds.

DSHA has the power to make loans and grants to both for-profit and non-profit housing sponsors; to make loans to mortgage lenders and require that they use the proceeds to make new residential mortgage loans; to apply for and receive subsidies from the federal government and other sources; and to issue its own bonds and notes.

In addition to its role as the State's Housing Finance Agency, DSHA is unique in that it is 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.

The mission of the Delaware State Housing Authority is to efficiently provide, and assist others to provide, quality, affordable housing opportunities and appropriate supportive services to responsible low- and moderate-income Delawareans.