Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. To work with DSHA and owners of Delaware’s affordable housing portfolio to evaluate and assess the affordable housing portfolio and make recommendations for potential climate resiliency upgrades to reduce the effects of climate hazards and increase resiliency; and 2. To provide DSHA with technical expertise by creating a replicable assessment tool, conducting the assessment, and making recommendations to housing policies, funding priorities, and DSHA’s Design and Construction Standards. The analysis and recommendations should lead to future cost savings and prevent replacement and repair costs that follow recommendations before a major storm event for future and current projects. In addition, to the extent that specific infrastructure features pose behavioral or operational challenges to resiliency, the analysis and recommendations should include recommendations for educational and/or training opportunities for owners, management companies, and tenants on the risks posed by climate change and how best to manage such events.
