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2022 Sussex County Today & Tomorrow Conference Looks at Affordable Housing in Sussex County

October 28, 2022

The 2022 Sussex County Today & Tomorrow Conference, held Oct. 26 at 麻豆视频’s Owens Campus in Georgetown, looked at the affordable housing issue within Sussex County.

Dr. Bobbi Barends, vice president and campus director at the Owens Campus, welcomed attendees and stressed throughout the event that this was an issue that was going to take collaboration and resources from everyone in the county.

The conference was a hybrid event, with in-person seating and a livestream option for attendees. The keynote speaker was Kevin Gilmore, chief executive officer of Habitat for Humanity in Sussex County. Gilmore’s presentation showed how housing costs are becoming greater than the necessary annual income to own a home.

“Thank you for bringing this issue out of the corner and into the mainstream,” Gilmore said. “Ask yourself, what can I do so everyone in Sussex County has an affordable place to call home?”

The event also included a panel discussion moderated by David Moore, president and chief executive officer of Milford Housing Development Corp., featured Jake Booth, president and managing partner of Capstone Homes; Brandy Nauman, director of Sussex Community Development and Housing Department; C. Denise Hicks, board member of NeighborGood Partners (formerly NCALL), and Josh Grapski, managing partner of La Vida Hospitality.

Katherine Millard, director of development and advocacy of Sussex County Habitat for Humanity, provided closing remarks.

This year’s conference was sponsored by the Sussex Economic Development Action Committee, Cape Community Coalition, Delaware Electric Cooperative, Sussex County Association of Realtors, County Bank, Beebe Healthcare, PNC Bank, TidalHealth, Mountaire, Tidewater Utilities, Community Bank, WSFS Bank, United Way of Delaware, Del-One, and Jefferson, Urian, Doane & Sterner, P.A.