If you open up the 2024 Senior Healthcare State Report Card on the SeniorLiving.org website, the first key finding shows that Delaware gets an F grade. The report looks at three key factors affecting older adults, who, while suffering declining health and often on fixed incomes or Medicare coverage, have difficulty navigating and accessing the health care they need. Those factors are cost, access to care and quality of care.

Delaware is short more than 19,400 affordable residences for renters who earn 50% or less of the state’s area median income, or about $32,000 a year. That’s according to the 2023 Delaware Housing Needs Assessment, which underscores the need for inexpensive units statewide. The lack of housing is one of the top barriers contributing to poverty in the First State and beyond.

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