WHA Self-Sufficiency Program

400 N. Walnut Street
Wilmington, DE 19801

English: 302 429-6701
Spanish: use Relay Services at 877 335-7595
TTY: use Relay Services at 800 232-5460
FAX: 302 429-6815

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Board of Commissioners
Bernadette Winston, Chair
Christopher Simon, Esquire, Vice Chairman
Donald Mell, III, Treasurer
Mary Ann Miller, Secretary
James DeShields
Michelle Griffiths
Geoff Langdon
Antoine Oakley
Thomas Shopa, CPA

Executive Director
Frederick S. Purnell, Sr.

Self-Sufficiency Program

Are you ready to move on up?

The Wilmington Housing Authority’s (WHA) Resident Services Division assist residents who are serious about achieving self-sufficiency that can lead them to improve and develop abilities to increase life skills and employment opportunities needed to become non-subsidized market renters or ultimately becoming homeowners.

By combining case-management and the coordination of services, participating residents are able to achieve economic self-sufficiency and maintain a lifestyle independent of subsidy.

WHA partners with a number of local and state service providers to offer training, education, employment assistance, homeownership counseling, financial management, Individual Development Account, to name a few, that can assist residents on their road to self reliance.

For further information on Self-Sufficiency programs, contact 429-6701 extensions 1007 or 1030.

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