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The Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Program
in the Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA)
- exempts DSHA from the new reporting requirements of the 1998 housing reform (QHWRA)
- excepts DSHA from the requirement of a Resident Advisory Board (in the same QHWRA)
- affects over 900 families, 75% of whom are at or below 30% of AMI
- makes DSHA a block-grant housing funds recipient
- allows combining of all public and scattered site Section 8 DSHA housing into a single
list
- had only pro forma resident participation in its development
- has vague contractual language and unclear procedures
- began the three-year "clock" without having its supportive services in
place
- is modeled on the state’s "ABC" program, which has one of the harshest
sanction rates in the U.S.
- time-limits DSHA’s public and assisted housing in Kent and Sussex Counties to three
- five years per family.
- has "Three strikes, you’re out" policy, with each "strike"
determined by management
- has discouraging effect on current residents and chilling effect on potential waiting
list applicants
- aims to move over 900 families, most of whom have incomes below 30% of median, into a
housing market where there is already a shortage of very affordable housing
- has a potentially negative impact on neighborhoods and developments where MTW residents
are living "in transition" to other housing
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