A Platform Rooted in Housing Justice, Economic Security, and Accountable Government

Shané Nicole Darby for State Representative

People Over Party. Policy Over Posturing.

I’m running to build a Delaware where housing is stable, families are supported, workers are protected, and the government is accountable to the people - not corporations or political insiders.

Housing Justice

Housing is a human right.

  • Rent stabilization & anti-gouging protections

  • No active rental license = no eviction filing

  • Housing Trust Fund with protected funding

  • Mandatory inclusionary zoning

  • Stronger landlord accountability & renter protections

  • Online rental registry with public data access

  • Small landlord repair fund to preserve affordable units

  • Affordable Housing creation

Stability prevents displacement, homelessness, and family disruption.

Cost of Living & Utility Justice

Utilities are necessities - not luxuries.

  • Reduce and end water shutoffs

  • Income-based water affordability programs

  • End foreclosure for water debt

  • Utility oversight & electric rate accountability

  • Automatic minimum wage increases

  • Free bus rides for seniors

No one should lose housing over basic survival needs.

Education & Family Support

Childcare is workforce infrastructure.

  • Wilmington school district accountability & reform

  • Fair compensation & reform of school board governance

  • Expand childcare access, including support for providers who serve low-income & Black and Brown children

  • Expand SNAP/TANF flexibility for essential needs

Families deserve dignity, not punishment.

Criminal Justice & Community Safety

Safety comes from stability - not surveillance.

  • Expand Level 4 work-release in Wilmington

  • End criminalization of poverty

  • Probation reform & technical violation reform

  • Remove police from schools

  • Strengthen Public Accountability Boards

  • Reform LEOBOR

  • Public body camera transparency

Wilmington deserves solutions, not punishment.

Healthcare & Maternal Justice

Black mothers deserve to live.

  • Expand maternal and postpartum care access

  • Medicaid reimbursement for Doulas

  • Lactation, pelvic floor & preventative coverage

  • Support community-based birth centers

  • Protect abortion rights

  • Healthcare for all

Healthcare should be preventative - not reactive.

Labor & Workforce

Workers deserve dignity, safety, and power.

  • Protect collective bargaining

  • Strong wage theft enforcement

  • Prevailing wage on public projects

  • Paid family & medical leave expansion

  • End worker misclassification

Economic justice requires a worker's voice.

Democracy & Accountability

Democracy should be accessible - not bureaucratic.

  • Automatic & same-day voter registration

  • Reparations framework for ADOS communities

  • Plain-language public data systems

  • Transparent government contracts

  • Stronger city ↔ state coordination

Transparency builds trust.