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7.30 Report on Friday 9th January

 The 7.30 Report  on the ABC  rang the story  “Older Australian women becoming homeless at increasing rates” on Friday 9th January 2015.

Reporter: Amy Bainbridge.  More older Australian women are becoming homeless and advocacy groups say Federal Government funding cuts to the homeless sector will only make the problem worse. follow the link to the story with transcript:

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2015/s4160205.htm?site=perth  

A new lease on life

John Dagge, Herald Sun Business, January 03, 2015 

WHEN a series of health issues prompted John and Diana Davison to downsize from their Langwarrin family home, they initially considered buying a smaller stand-alone unit or moving into a traditional retirement village.

Instead, the retired accountant and schoolteacher settled on a portable factory-built home in a manufactured housing estate in Cranbourne, buying the house and securing a 90-year lease over the land.

“We looked at a retirement village but the people there were just too old for us, whereas here there are people who still work,” Diana, 70, tells BusinessDaily.

Read the full story  here

Preventing Homelessness in Older Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Communities Project 2015

Preventing Homelessness in Older Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Communities Project 2015. This exciting 12 month project is a joint initiative of HAAG (Housing and the Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria.

To read further about the project,     click here.

Older renters left to flounder, Senate told

The Seniors News, January 2015, had the following article "Older renters left to flounder, Senate told". The article reported on the Senate's inquiry into affordable housing and mentions a submission made by HAAG.

Read the story 

 
 

More Victorians finding a permanent place in caravan parks

Victoria’s house price boom and tight rental market are pushing people to the margins, but many have found solace in one of the hundreds of caravan parks around the state. And they have no intention of leaving, reports Kate Stanton.

Read more at: http://www.thecitizen.org.au/news/more-victorians-finding-permanent-plac...

Poverty shows no respect for age

Caroline Zielinsk The Age  September 14, 2014

A growing number of single older women are living in straitened circumstances and the situation is only likely to get worse, writes Caroline Zielinksi.

To read the article in full, click   here.

Homes fit for purpose

Homes fit for purpose

The article ''Homes, more homes'' (Focus, 18/8) highlights the need for retiree housing embedded in our communities that keeps us linked to local services and social relationships. Housing built with universal design principles can also ensure we stay living independently in our own homes for most of our lives and rely less on expensive residential care. Desirable neighbourhood-based retiree housing models are in stark contrast to the large gated retirement villages that the housing industry tells us we should have.

However one vital perspective that also needs urgent action is the provision of more public and social housing. Home ownership rates continue to decline and the numbers of older people struggling to pay high rents in the insecure private rental market are doubling every 10 years. An older persons housing strategy would provide the framework to tackle these problems.

Jeff Fiedler, Housing for the Aged Action Group

Read the letter as it appeared online at the Age on Monday 19th August 2014  

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