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Cheswold, Del. —
THE ISSUE The Dover Public Housing Authority and the Delaware State Housing Authority have not lifted their respective bans on gun ownership for their residents.
The agencies, both based in the state capital, have stood pat nearly two years after the Dover-based Caesar Rodney Institute publicly suggested the ban at all four of the state’s public housing agencies was unconstitutional in February 2010.
WHAT WE’VE REPORTED The Newark Housing Authority lifted its gun ban in February 2010. Soon, the National Rifle Association of America sought to overturn the Wilmington Housing Authority’s ban in May 2010 based on the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment. U.S. District Court for Delaware in Wilmington is still considering that case, Jane Doe v. Wilmington Housing Authority.
“Our current policy remains in place pending further review,” Delaware Housing Authority spokeswoman Christina Hardin had said. Dover Housing Authority Executive Director Ami Sebastian Hauer had told the Dover Post that her agency was also monitoring the case.
“The decision was made that we’re going to go along with whatever Delaware and Wilmington decide so that we’re all enforcing the same rules,” she said.
The Diamond State’s four housing agencies all report directly to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. But HUD officials declined to comment to the Dover Post, citing the legal proceedings.
WHAT’S NEXT DSHA is awaiting a final decision to be made concerning the case between the NRA and Wilmington Housing Authority, Hardin said just before the Christmas holiday.
“Pending the outcome of that case, DSHA plans to further review, and possibly revise, our policy as it relates to the gun ban at our public housing sites,” she said. “To date, DSHA has not altered the policy and the ban remains in effect.”
THE ISSUE The Dover Public Housing Authority and the Delaware State Housing Authority have not lifted their respective bans on gun ownership for their residents.
The agencies, both based in the state capital, have stood pat nearly two years after the Dover-based Caesar Rodney Institute publicly suggested the ban at all four of the state’s public housing agencies was unconstitutional in February 2010.
WHAT WE’VE REPORTED The Newark Housing Authority lifted its gun ban in February 2010. Soon, the National Rifle Association of America sought to overturn the Wilmington Housing Authority’s ban in May 2010 based on the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment. U.S. District Court for Delaware in Wilmington is still considering that case, Jane Doe v. Wilmington Housing Authority.
“Our current policy remains in place pending further review,” Delaware Housing Authority spokeswoman Christina Hardin had said. Dover Housing Authority Executive Director Ami Sebastian Hauer had told the Dover Post that her agency was also monitoring the case.
“The decision was made that we’re going to go along with whatever Delaware and Wilmington decide so that we’re all enforcing the same rules,” she said.
The Diamond State’s four housing agencies all report directly to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. But HUD officials declined to comment to the Dover Post, citing the legal proceedings.
WHAT’S NEXT DSHA is awaiting a final decision to be made concerning the case between the NRA and Wilmington Housing Authority, Hardin said just before the Christmas holiday.
“Pending the outcome of that case, DSHA plans to further review, and possibly revise, our policy as it relates to the gun ban at our public housing sites,” she said. “To date, DSHA has not altered the policy and the ban remains in effect.”
