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Homelessness grows for older women aged 55+
The Women’s Electoral Lobby has called on Commonwealth and State governments to respond Australia’s homelessness crisis for women, who are often invisible and amongst the poorest and most vulnerable of those experiencing homelessness. Older women aged 55 and over are the fastest growing cohort of homeless people, with numbers increasing by 31% between 2011 and 2016.
Phillipa Hall
2019
Themes:
Older Women, Policy

Homelessness in the older population
Experiences of homelessness within the UK ageing populations are mounting, not only in terms of sheer numbers, but also as a proportion of the homeless demographic.
Drew Hockman
2019
Themes:
Ageing Population, Homelessness Prevention Services, Policy

Delivering equity: A new deal for pensioners who rent
This report is the third in KPMG’s series on workforce discrimination against women. It makes public policy suggestions to support an especially disadvantaged group in which women are over‑represented — those over 50 years of age who are renting privately.
Alison Kitchen, Grant Wardell‑Johnson
2019
Themes:
Older Women, Private Rental, Rental Stress

Affordable housing: who needs it and why
There is a growing shortfall of affordable housing in Australia. The delivery of affordable housing in Australia is in desperate need of a shakeup. This is an interview with UNSW City Futures Research Fellow Dr Laurence Troy, which provides an explanation of the current situation in Australia.
Ben Knight
2019
Themes:
Affordable Housing, Policy, Social Housing

Three phases of Danish cohousing: tenure and the development of an alternative housing form
Cohousing has not only become a well-established alternative to mainstream housing in Denmark; it is also routinely seen as pioneering and comparatively successful. Emphasizing broader trends and evolving societal contexts, this article investigates the development of Danish cohousing over the past five decades.
Henrik Gutzon Larsen
2019
Themes:
Co-housing, Future housing solutions

Living on the Street: Only Option for Some of Cuba’s Elderly
The number of homeless people is growing in Havana, as well as in the rest of the country. This article looks at the reasons behind the increase in older people facing homelessness.
Ivett de las Mercedes
2019
Themes:
Ageing Population, Rough Sleeping, Poverty & homelessness

Older women the new face of homelessness
Older women have emerged as one of the most vulnerable groups in relation to housing insecurity and homelessness in Australia in recent years. They are not a group that is historically associated with homelessness and indeed, many older women have never been homeless before.
Debbie Georgopoulos
2019
Themes:
Older Women, Ageing Population, Affordable Housing

Housing in an ageing Australia: Nest and nest egg?
This brief is in three parts. Part one tackles the dynamics of the housing purchase in working life, describing the patterns of housing tenure across generations, demographic and market dynamics, the likely future effects of demography on housing demand, and the policies that can affect home purchase outcomes, particularly taxes.
ARC Centre of Excellence in Population and Ageing Research
2019
Themes:
Ageing Population, Retirement, Age Specific Housing, Ageing-in-Place, Home Ownership, Housing Affordability, Private Rental

Rental Affordability Index 2019
Rental affordability for single pensioners is alarmingly poor. Across the nation, the single pensioner household is facing Severely Unaffordable and Extremely Unaffordable rents.
2019
Themes:
Private Rental, Rental Stress, Policy, Poverty & homelessness

The Forgotten Women - fastest growing homeless population
This presentation looks at the reasons why women aged 55+ are the fastest growing cohort to experience, or be at risk of, homelessness. (National Housing Conference 2019, Darwin)
Teresa Reed
2019
Themes:
Older Women

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