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SB127 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEW CASTLE RELATING TO RENTS.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEW CASTLE RELATING TO RENTS.

Housing Taxes
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2025-05-15
Official status
Laid On Table in Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEW CASTLE RELATING TO RENTS.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEW CASTLE RELATING TO RENTS.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEW CASTLE RELATING TO RENTS.
  • This Act amends the New Castle City Charter to provide that the New Castle City Council may impose and collect a tax of no more than 5% on the gross rents within city boundaries.
  • The tax may not apply to rental properties that are directly subsidized by federal, state, or City of New Castle rental assistance funding.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-15 Delaware General Assembly

    Laid On Table in Senate

  2. 2025-05-14 Delaware General Assembly

    Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits

  3. 2025-05-06 Delaware General Assembly

    Introduced and Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEW CASTLE RELATING TO RENTS.
This Act amends the New Castle City Charter to provide that the New Castle City Council may impose and collect a tax of no more than 5% on the gross rents within city boundaries. The tax may not apply to rental properties that are directly subsidized by federal, state, or City of New Castle rental assistance funding.