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Maplewood Housing for the Elderly

Maplewood Housing for the Elderly is an affordable community for older adults 62+ in the heart of Wilmington, Delaware.

Exterior view of Maplewood Housing for the Elderly, a HumanGood affordable senior living community in Wilmington, Delaware

Our Homes

Residences feature:

  • 13 studio and 38 one-bedroom apartments
  • Accessible features
  • Pet-friendly environment (breed and weight restrictions apply)
  • Emergency call system
Two senior women sitting on a brown couch, holding white mugs and smiling at each other

Amenities & Services

  • Community common spaces
  • On-site laundry room
  • Community administrator, maintenance and resident services
  • Resident parking
  • Secured building
  • Elevators
  • Convenient to public transportation
  • Close to restaurants, grocery stores, pharmacies and parks
Front entrance of Maplewood Housing for the Elderly, a HumanGood senior community for adults 62+ in Wilmington, Delaware

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must satisfy resident selection and applicable admission requirements, including age and annual income. Eligibility categories include seniors who:

  • Are 62+
  • Earn 50% of the area median income or lower
  • Meet HUD qualifications

Please note that vouchers are not accepted.

How To Apply

If the waitlist is open, applications can be downloaded above, requested by contacting the community or picked up on-site. Applications must be printed, completed in original ink and submitted back to the community via U.S. Postal Service or in person at the community’s address.

A smiling woman shows a tablet to a man in a cozy room

Location

Address

501 S. Rodney Street
Wilmington, DE 19805

Phone Number

(302) 421-9198

TDD

711

Location Benefits

  • Walkable to the Broom Street/Sycamore Street bus stops
  • Walkable to Kosciuszko Park
  • Short drive to historic downtown Wilmington
  • Close to restaurants, grocery stores and pharmacies

Policies

It is the policy and commitment of HumanGood that it does not discriminate in housing and housing-related transactions on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, familial status, marital status, source of income, handicap or disability, or arbitrary characteristics. HumanGood affirms its policy of equal housing opportunity pursuant to state and federal fair housing laws.

It is HumanGood’s policy to provide reasonable accommodations in housing for housing applicants and residents with disabilities where reasonable accommodation is necessary to provide them with an equal opportunity to use and enjoy their apartment and the common areas of the rental community where they live.

This policy is in furtherance of the goal of providing affordable housing to low-income persons regardless of disability and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local law. A reasonable accommodation is a modification or change that the HumanGood-owned or managed property (HumanGood community) can make to its policies procedures, processes and or to the person’s apartment or to a common area which would assist an otherwise eligible person with a disability to benefit from the HumanGood community provided, that the change does not pose an undue financial and administrative burden to the HumanGood community or result in a fundamental alteration of its program.

The reasonable accommodation policy and procedures outlined here apply to applicants and residents at HumanGood communities who are qualified individuals with a disability. The HumanGood community may require reliable documentation or verification of the disability, that the individual needs the accommodation and that the accommodation is likely to be effective. The HumanGood-owned or managed community will thoroughly and promptly consider any request for a reasonable accommodation, and will explain the basis for any denial to the requestor. In the course of evaluating and responding to a reasonable accommodation request, the HumanGood community will seek to engage in a process of dialogue and joint problem-solving with applicants and residents.

Residents are permitted to keep common household pets in their apartments. Service or assistance animals are also welcome. Applicants and residents must inform the community’s management about their requirement for a service or assistance animal.

The pet rules that are attached to the lease at this community are instituted to help maintain a decent, safe and sanitary living environment for the residents of the community. The rules include guidelines on the registration and inoculation of pets, the sanitary disposal of waste and the restraint of pets while in common areas to help ensure that existing and prospective pet owners know their responsibilities to their pets and neighbors, as well as the property.

Management will not apply pet rules to assistance animals and their owners. This prohibition does not preclude an owner from enforcing state and local health and safety laws, nor does it preclude the owner from requiring that a resident with a disability who uses an assistance animal be responsible for the care and maintenance of the animal, including the proper disposal of the assistance animal’s waste.

Smoking is only permitted in designated areas. Residents will be required to sign a non-smoking agreement and must undertake that they or their guests will only smoke in designated areas on the premises.

This community has a select number of HUD-subsidized units. HUD rent is determined based on a household’s income. The tenant's portion typically amounts to 30% of their monthly adjusted income.