"Across the nation, the single pensioner household is facing Severely Unaffordable and Extremely unaffordable rents. For the most part, locating in metropolitan areas (which is where one bedroom dwellings are generally available) would require 60 per cent or more of the pensioner’s income to be spent on rent.
Housing pressures on this household type would also be compounded by a number of other pressures, including health care costs associated with aging".
May Rental Affordability Index Report 2017
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