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SB23 • 2025

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9, TITLE 22, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOUSING SUPPLY AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9, TITLE 22, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOUSING SUPPLY AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.

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2026-04-21
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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9, TITLE 22, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOUSING SUPPLY AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9, TITLE 22, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOUSING SUPPLY AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.

What This Bill Does

  • AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9, TITLE 22, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOUSING SUPPLY AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
  • This Act aims to increase this State’s supply of housing for Delawareans.
  • Despite rapid development, Delaware is facing a significant and growing shortage of affordable housing.
  • Senate Joint Resolution No.

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Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9, TITLE 22, AND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HOUSING SUPPLY AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
This Act aims to increase this State’s supply of housing for Delawareans. Despite rapid development, Delaware is facing a significant and growing shortage of affordable housing. Senate Joint Resolution No. 8 of the 1st session of the 153rd General Assembly created a pilot program designed to encourage local zoning reform efforts that would help increase affordable housing. While several local jurisdictions have taken advantage of the assistance offered by SJR 8, the scope of the problem is statewide, and it will take more than isolated local reform to scale up housing production, particularly affordable housing production, to the degree necessary to meet this State’s needs. To that end, this Act does the following:

Sections 1 through 3 amend the requirements for comprehensive plans for New Castle, Kent, and Sussex Counties. Current statute specifies that only the land use map or map series part of the comprehensive plan has the force of law. Under this Act, the entire comprehensiv