Future housing solutions

Building Together. Tiny House Villages for the Homeless: A Comparative Case Study

Tiny homes, no larger than a parallel parking spot, are an emerging trend in housing for those uninterested, unwilling or unable to participate in traditional housing markets. Five groups across the United States have harnessed this minimalist movement to provide free or extremely low-cost housing for those experiencing homelessness.
2015

Would you live in a share house at 65?

The current options for retirement are rather uninspiring—stay at home or go to an aged care facility. Pioneering groups of architects, the elderly and social scientists are looking at creative alternatives,
2015

Older Persons Experiencing Homelessness - Their perceptions and needs influencing supportive interior design and architecture

America’s homeless population is growing older. Achieving the goal of ending homelessness requires the development of coordinated community response systems, which include diversion prevention and intervention strategies that are targeted toward homeless individuals and families of all ages.
2015

Housing an Ageing Population

The UK's ageing society presents massive housing challenges in years ahead, but the retirement housing sector should be well placed to turn these into opportunities. Older people are sitting on over £1trn of housing equity and over half are living in homes larger than they necessarily require.
2015

A Home of One's Own: Shared Equity Housing for Older Single Women

This project was established to research and develop a shared equity model of home ownership, specifically geared to the needs of lower income women over the age of 55 years.
2015

Report on the Housing and Support Needs of Cluid's Older Tenants

Clúid Housing is an independent not-for profit charity that develops and provides high quality, affordable housing for people who cannot afford to buy their own home or pay for private rented housing. Clúid currently owns or leases approximately 5,200 homes across the country. In 2014 we decided to develop an Older Persons’ Housing Strategy.
2015

Scandal of Europe's 11m empty homes

More than 11m homes lie empty across Europe – enough to house all of the continent's homeless twice over. Housing campaigners said the incredible number of homes lying empty while millions of poor people were crying out for shelter was a shocking waste. "It's incredible.
2014

Innovative housing solutions for an ageing population - a case study

Common Ground Tasmania is about providing people with the support they need to recover from the trauma of homelessness, to exit an endless cycle of homelessness and crisis accommodation, to stay housed and to rebuild their lives. Four key features of the Common Ground supportive housing model: - Permanent, affordable accommodation with design features adding value to the surrounding community - A
2014

Broke retirees take over Australia's caravan parks

An article looking at the rise in retirees choosing to live permanently in caravan parks. Australia's expanding ranks of retirees, faced with skyrocketing house prices and inadequate savings, are set to boost demand for cheaper manufactured homes.
2014

Rethinking the Care Needs of Older Homeless People

Our research project, “Homelessness in Late life: Growing Old on the Streets, in Shelters, and Long-term Care” explores the challenges older homelessness brings for aging societies as a whole and for service providers working in housing, shelter and long-term care. It involves a critical policy analysis; qualitative interviews with service providers and older homeless people; and participant obse
2014
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