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Aging and on the streets
In the US, as housing costs rise and baby boomers age, growing numbers of the homeless are older. Between 2007 and 2014, there was a 20 percent increase nationwide in individuals over 50 living on the streets. They now make up more than one-third of the homeless in the United States. Portland — long struggling to decrease its large and visible homeless population — also has seen a recent jump.
Katie Scott
2018
Themes:
Crisis Housing, Ageing Population, Older Women

Presentations from The National Homelessness Conference, Melbourne 2018
The 2018 National Homelessness Conference, presenting the theme ‘Ending homelessness together’, delivered a wealth of evidence and information on ways to understand, reduce and alleviate homelessness. Over 800 delegates and more than 80 speakers participated across two very full days, exploring the underlying drivers of homelessness and the differing strategies on how best to overcome it.
Celia Adams, Sherri Bruinhout, Paula Coghill, Kate Colvin, Debbie Faulkner, Jeff Fiedler, Andrew Hollows, Sally Langton, Penny Leemhuis, Jeanette Large, Olav Nielsenn, Kate Paterson, Nicholas Pleace
2018
Themes:
Crisis Housing, Gender, Older Women, Indigenous Housing, Private Rental, Older Men, Ageing-in-Place, Rough Sleeping, Housing First, Future housing solutions

The disturbing truth you need to know about women's homelessness
Christine is a recently retired and now homeless mature age woman who has, like so many other retired professional women, little to no prospect of obtaining public or community housing, or being able to afford market price rentals. She is the convenor of the Housing Alternatives self-help action group on Facebook and the creator of the Housing Alternatives web site,
2018
Themes:
Definition of 'at risk of homelessness', Housing Affordability, Older Women, Pathways into homelessness, Policy, Housing insecurity, Rental Stress, Single people & housing stress

The rising population of older, homeless women
Older women are often the forgotten face of homelessness. Stereotypes dominate the average view of what a homeless person looks like, but at a time when the number of older women couch-surfing has doubled in just four years, times are changing. In Australia in 2016, 1618 women over the age of 50 who presented at homelessness services were couch-surfing – an 83 per cent increase over four years.
Michelle Wisbey
2018
Themes:
Housing Affordability, Older Women, Single people & housing stress, Policy

Things to consider when working with older women who are experiencing, or are at risk of, homelessness
This document outlines issues for practitioners and service providers to consider when working with older women who are experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. It is targeted primarily at practitioners and service providers who are not experienced with, or specialists, in providing services to older women experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness.
Sandra South
2018
Themes:
Older Women

Retiring Into Poverty - A National Plan for Change: Increasing Housing Security for Older Women
Australian women aged over 50 are at greater risk of financial and housing security than older men. This has been linked to a number of compounding and systemic factors.
National Older Women's Housing and Homelessness Working Group
2018
Themes:
Older Women, Housing insecurity, Single people & housing stress, Policy

Census reveals a rise in the rate of homelessness in Australia

The rate of homelessness in Australia has increased 4.6 per cent over the last five years, according to new data from the 2016 Census of Population and Housing. People aged between 65 and 74 years experiencing homelessness increased to 27 persons per 10,000 people, up from 25 persons per 10,000 people in 2011.
Australian Bureau of Statistics
2018
Themes:
Older Men, Older Women

Life as an older renter, and what it tells us about the urgent need for tenancy reform
Reform in the private rental sector is essential. Growing numbers of Australians rent their housing and increasing proportions are expected to rent long-term. This makes it essential that private rental housing meets the need that every person has for a secure and affordable home. It is getting harder for older renters to find adequate, appropriate and secure housing.
Emma Power
2018
Themes:
Ageing Population, Private Rental, Policy, Older Women

Seventy and homeless for the first time: the rise of older women's homelessness
While the stereotypical face of poverty is a older man – a lifetime down on his luck, the fastest growing demographic of people experiencing homelessness is single women over the age of 55. While it is clear that women are victim to lifelong structural settings that have undermined their financial security – the state of the housing market is what is pushing so many women from housing stress into
Sharna de Lacy
2018
Themes:
Older Women, Private Rental, Policy, Housing Affordability, Single people & housing stress

Here's why so many seniors are joining the tiny-house movement
Discussion and case studies of older women in the US opting to join the tiny house movement as they age.
Lindsay Lowe
2018
Themes:
Tiny Houses, Future housing solutions, Older Women

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