Public Housing Waiting List

The Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) waiting list for Public Housing apartments is closed.

The DSHA last accepted applications for this waiting list from the earliest confirmed date of July 1, 2017, until March 18, 2022. There is no notice of when this waiting list will reopen.

Please note: Program participants, except the elderly or disabled, must also be enrolled in the Moving to Work (MTW) program.

There were four ways to apply during the opening period:

1. Complete the online application.
2. Call the DSHA to request an application by mail.
3. Pick up an application at the DSHA waiting list office..
4. Print the paper application.

Once the paper application was completed, it was either emailed, mailed or faxed to the DSHA. Any applications received after March 18, 2022 will be returned.

This waiting list had the following preferences:

• Live or work in Kent or Sussex County.
• Working more than 20 hours per week. 
• Veteran.
• Head of household and spouse/co-head have never participated in the Moving to Work Program.

Selected applicants were placed on the waiting list by date and time the application is received, weighed by order of preferences. 

For more information, the DSHA website.

Sources: This information was verified by the DSHA on March 9, 2022.

Service Area

This waiting list is for rental assistance in Kent and Sussex County, Delaware. Apartments offered through this waiting list are only located within this service area.