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'Ticking time bomb': Older Australians face housing crisis
Australian retirees will face a housing crisis within 15 years unless urgent action is taken, according to the Council on the Ageing.
It drew attention to the impact on older Australians of rising prices, rising rents, huge mortgage debt and the scarcity of suitable homes.
The assumption that Australians retire in a home they own underpins the nation’s superannuation and pension systems, but thi
2017
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It's Time for Federal Regulation of Retirement Villages
As Australia’s population ages, increasing numbers of seniors move to a growing number of retirement villages.
2017
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Do We Have the Knowledge to Address Homelessness?
The Housing First approach, which prioritizes providing people experiencing homelessness with permanent housing before providing other support services like addiction counseling, for example, has taken hold as the idealized response to addressing homelessness.
2017
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Ageing without a home
Single women aged 55+ make up about 70% of the homeless population of Australia.
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Finding a Suitable Home for Older People at Risk of Homelessness in South Australia Summary Report
An emerging group of older South Australians on low incomes, the majority women, are living in insecure private rental housing paying unaffordable rents and just surviving on a pension.Many have lived conven onal working lives but find themselves in later life without housing security or affordability because they have not a ained home ownership or been eligible for public housing.Entering re reme
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Worst Case Housing Needs - 2017 Report to Congress
The report finds that severe housing problems are on the rise. In 2015, 8.30 million households had worst case needs, up from 7.72 million in 2013. These households are defined as very low-income renters who do not receive government housing assistance and who paid more than one-half of their income for rent, lived in severely inadequate conditions, or both.
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For renters, making housing more affordable is just the start
For renting to become a truly viable, long-term alternative to home ownership, greater rental affordability and security are needed.
Longer-term structural changes to tackle housing affordability, including boosting the supply of social housing and increasing tenure diversity, will be essential.
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Not just personal choice: older women and homelessness
No single factor, not one personal decision and not one government policy setting has created the homelessness of any one woman. Years of systemic inaction and poor policy has resulted in more women over 55 now facing homelessness.
2017
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Finding a Suitable Home for Older People at Risk of Homelessness in South Australia
An emerging group of older South Australians on low incomes, the majority women, are living in insecure private rental housing paying unaffordable rents and just surviving on a pension.Many have lived conven onal working lives but find themselves in later life without housing security or affordability because they have not a ained home ownership or been eligible for public housing.Entering re reme
2017
Thousands of over-55s pushed to the front of social housing queue
Seven thousand people at risk of homelessness in Victoria will be moved onto a high-priority waiting list for secure social housing, but on one condition – they must be aged 55 or older.
In May the Andrews government gazetted a new social housing category solely for those aged 55 and older
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