Parity Articles
Prevention through Connection
Peer-led community education is a powerful tool to reach older people experiencing housing insecurity who can often find it hard to ask for help. Rebecca Cook and Jane Stanley write about their experiences at Housing for the Aged Action Group Read the article from Parity here …Posted in: Community Education
Home at Last in North Central Victoria
A declining number of over 55s own their own homes, increasing the risk of homelessness. In North Central Victoria, HAAG’s regional team is intervening early to provide support. Article by Jane Stanley published in the November 2025 edition of Parity Read the article here …Posted in: North Central Victoria
Parity Article: Older Women, Housing insecurity and homelessness
Housing for the Aged Action Group’s Home at Last service is the first point of call of many older women living in Victoria who find themselves on the brink of, or experiencing, homelessness. …Posted in: Campaigns
Parity Article: Australia’s Housing Crisis – Experiences from Older People who have lived it
Marie Sillars and Wendy Morris from the National Alliance of Seniors for Housing, and Susan Hawkeswood from the Ageing on the Edge NSW Lived Experience Group. As Australia’s housing crisis has worsened, a diverse group of older people from across the nation has come together with a common goal. By speaking about their own experiences of this crisis they hope to build an awareness of how it impacts people as they grow older, and to add their voices to those calling for a fairer housing system, one which ensures everyone living in Australia has access to a safe, stable, accessible …Posted in: National Alliance of Seniors for Housing, Campaigns
Parity Article: Seeking Support and Navigating Services as Older LGBTQIA+ person
It’s extrememly hard for older people on low incomes to find affordable rentals. Its even harder for LGBTQIA+ older people. Read the article from Parity here …Posted in: LGBTQIA+
Parity Article: How to improve and protect the rights of older people living in retirement housing
The power imbalance between tenant and landlord in Australia in 2024 is well known. But for people living in retirement housing there is often an even greater power imbalance between them and their housing provider.
Read the article from Parity here …Posted in: Retirement Housing Advice Service
Parity – The System is Failing Older Women: We Need Specialist Services
Most older women experiencing homelessness have not been homeless before and have experienced ‘conventional’ housing histories throughout their life. This means they often
do not identify as being homeless or know where to turn for help. For this reason, the cohort of older women at risk of homelessness is often described as ‘invisible’.
HAAG, in partnership with Debbie Faulkner of the University of Adelaide (and now University of South Australia), has documented the homelessness trends of
older people in all states and territories over the last five years. Read the Parity Article by Gemma White, Kobi …Posted in: Campaigns
Parity – More Older Women Are Experiencing Homelessness Than Ever Before: I Was One of Them
National Alliance of Seniors for Housing, and Older Women Lost in Housing member Penny Leimhuis shares her experiences of homelessness. Read the Parity Article …Posted in: Campaigns
Parity – LGBTI Older Women
The public perception of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people is largely one of a young, affluent community. However, the reality is that within the LGBTI community, a large share of LGBTI adults are older, of low-socioeconomic status and at risk of homelessness. LGBTI elders are more likely to live in poverty and experience homelessness, compared to the mainstream population due to both the complexity of their experiences and difficulty accessing services. Read the article by Rebecca Walton …Posted in: LGBTQIA+
Keeping the Roof Over Her Head: Precarious and Lost Homeownership Among Older, Single Women
Older woman’s home owning status in Australia has been inextricably linked to partnering with a male because historically, single women were denied home loans. A critical life event such as illness, unemployment or loss of partner can have enduring consequences for housing security. Women on average are paid 17 per cent less than men throughout their life course and have half the superannuation and savings on retirement, with 55 per cent of women 60 years and older having no superannuation at all. Casualisation, interrupted workforce participation and unpaid domestic and caring labour mean that women have less diverse assets and …Posted in: Campaigns
AirBnB: A Bleak House in Paradise
Airbnb has changed the global rental scene, by increasing prices and removing properties from long- term rental. Areas such as coastal New South Wales, Southern Queensland and Tasmania that attract tourism but also have large permanent renting populations are experiencing housing pressure as a result. The Northern Rivers region of NSW is one such place. Read the article by Leonie Bessant …Posted in: Campaigns, New South Wales
