Debbie Faulkner

Heading South - Older People at Risk of Homelessness in Tasmania
This report provides a brief snapshot of homelessness and the risk of homelessness for people aged 55 years and over in Tasmania.
Debbie Faulkner
2020
Themes:
Affordable Housing, Aged Pension, Private Rental

At Risk: Understanding the population size and demographics of older women at risk of homelessness in Australia
The housing circumstances of low income older households, in particular female headed households, has become a matter of significant concern over the last few years with increasing numbers of women at risk of homelessness and experiencing homelessness, often for the first time in older age. Unfortunately, there is no one data set that can capture all of the factors that appear to influence low in
Debbie Faulkner, Laurence Lester
2020
Themes:
Older Women, Affordable Housing, Private Rental, Health

400,000 women over 45 are at risk of homelessness in Australia

Older women have been recognised as the fastest-growing group of homeless people in Australia in recent years. Yet until now we have not known exactly how many older women are at risk of homelessness. Older people are generally considered to be at less risk of homelessness because of their higher rates of home ownership.
Debbie Faulkner, Laurence Lester
2020
Themes:
Older Women, Private Rental

At Risk: Understanding the population size and demographics of older women at risk of homelessness in Australia
Older women have a right to appropriate and affordable housing as a foundation for their wellbeing, however they are the fastest growing cohort of people experiencing homelessness in Australia.
Debbie Faulkner, Laurence Lester, Social Ventures Australia
2020
Themes:
Older Women

Understanding and reimagining social housing pathways
This study explores the ways households experience pathways into, within and out of the Australian social housing system.
Kathleen Flanagan, Iris Levin, Selina Tually, Meera Varadharajan, Julia Verdouw, Debbie Faulkner, Ariella Meltzer, Anthea Vreugdenhil
2020

The Seniors Housing Gateway - A safety net for older people at risk of homelessness
Australia needs to urgently address the rapidly increasing problem facing large numbers of older people, the majority women, at risk of homelessness.
Jeff Fiedler, Debbie Faulkner
2019
Themes:
Pathways out of homelessness

Ageing with no address
This presentation looks at trends in homelessness for the Australian population aged 55 years and over, using Census data from 2006, 2011 and 2016.
Debbie Faulkner, Jeff Fiedler
2018
Themes:
Ageing Population, Poverty & homelessness, Policy, Private Rental, Rental Stress, Social Housing

Ageing on the Edge Older Persons Homelessness Prevention Project
The Ageing on the Edge Older Persons Homelessness Prevention Project is a partnership between Housing for the Aged Action Group HAAG) and the University of Adelaide’s Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning (CHURP). Funded over five years by The Wicking Trust and with principal project leads Jeff Fiedler (HAAG) and Dr Debbie Faulkner (CHURP), the project is addressing the rapidly increasi
Jeff Fiedler, Debbie Faulkner
2018
Themes:
Ageing Population, Older Women, Pathways into homelessness

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 older I get the scarier it becomes": Older people at risk of homelessness in New South Wales
The older I get the scarier it becomes report shows that there has been a 50% increase in the number of older people at risk of homelessness in NSW in the last five years.
Jeff Fiedler, Debbie Faulkner
2017
Themes:
Housing Affordability

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