The research identifies and estimates the incidence of people aged 55 or older who are at risk of ‘non-supported housing precarity,’ referred to here as the Missing Middle. This target group includes older Australians who are ‘not poor enough’ to qualify for – or be in receipt of - current housing assistance but ‘not wealthy enough’ to have sufficient income or assets to secure housing, both now and as they age.
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."