Conference Paper

Sustainable residential housing for senior citizens - contemporary projects

This paper conforms to themes relating to the shaping of sustainable built environment. It tackles issues connected with the implementation of sustainable solutions in residential housing for senior citizens.
2018

Tenure insecurity and exclusion: older people in New Zealand's rental market

Declining home ownership among older people throws a spotlight on tenure insecurity. Almost 97,000 people aged 65 and older live in rental accommodation now, and this is expected to rise rapidly as younger renters reach retirement. Older tenants are potentially marginalised in a highly competitive rental market with few provisions relating to tenure security.
2018

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.
2018

ODESSA - Optimising Care Delivery Models to Support Ageing in Place

ODESSA is a three-year project with the aim of finding new and innovative ways of adapting a person’s home so that they can live independently for longer and avoid going into residential care, as well as making it easier for them to access public services such as health and social services.
2018

The Whys and How-Tos of Creating an Age-Friendly Community

An overview of the World Health Organisation's Age-Friendly Cities Project and how it was adopted by Portland Oregon, with details of its action plan.
2017

Affordable, Accessible, Appropriate housing for older Australians

This presentation looks at the major issues relating to housing options of affordability, accessibility and appropriateness, for older Australians. Affordable: Most retirees have adequate housing; higher net transfers not viable Accessible: Storm clouds are ahead for retiree home ownership and renting Appropriate: Downsizing is wanted, but harder than it should be (COTA National Policy Forum
2017

Agile housing for an Ageing Australia

By 2055, Australia’s 65+ population will have doubled and, if current strategies are followed, it is likely that the housing available will be inappropriate. Today’s housing stock will still be in use yet few developers and designers are capitalising on the potential of agile housing and, more broadly, the creation of age-friendly neighbourhoods.
2016

Agile housing for an Ageing Australia

By 2055, Australia’s 65+ population will have doubled and, if current strategies are followed, it is likely that the housing available will be inappropriate. Today’s housing stock will still be in use yet few developers and designers are capitalising on the potential of agile housing and, more broadly, the creation of age-friendly neighbourhoods.
2016

Alternative housing options for older New Zealanders: the case for a life-cycle study

This paper makes a case for the resource assessment of housing alternatives for an ageing population that could make better use of existing housing in New Zealand.
2016

Developing a conceptual framework of living cost to income approach for depicting affordable housing locations: Policy implications for housing affordability in Melbourne, Australia

Affordable housing locations in metropolitan cities are usually assessed by rental cost or mortgage payment relative to income. Affordable housing locations are also influenced by locational characteristics such as distance from public transportation, service centres, city centre and employment centres.
2016
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