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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
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We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus Supplement of
Delta Funding Corporation relating to Delta Funding Home Equity Loan Trust
2000-4 of our report dated January 25, 2000, except for Note 18, as to which the
date is March 14, 2000, on our audits of the consolidated financial statements
of Financial Security Assurance Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999
and 1998, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1999.
We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the caption "Experts".
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
December 15, 2000
