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Housing and Care for Older Women Policy Brief
This brief looks at older women’s housing, their changing needs, and the intersections between housing and aged care in Australia.
Julie Byles
2019
Themes:
Older Women, Future housing solutions, Aged Care, Age Specific Housing

Older Women’s Risk of Homelessness: Background Paper
The number of older homeless women in Australia increased by over 30% between 2011 and 2016 to nearly 7,000. We have an ageing population, a high cost of housing, and a significant gap in wealth accumulation between men and women across their lifetimes. Without innovative solutions this problem will continue to increase.
Kay Patterson, Kathryn Proft, Joanna Maxwell
2019
Themes:
Older Women, Affordable Housing, Pathways into homelessness, Policy

Planning Age-Friendly Cities across the Globe
Many communities do not support the changing needs of residents across longer lifespans. Community planners around the world must shift their approach to address the changing demographics in their community. This paper discusses ways to enlighten current community planning departments.
Stephanie Firestone, Mildred Warner, Zue Zhang
2019
Themes:
Age-Friendly Cities

Reducing the Risk of Older Women’s Homelessness
Citing Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself (sic) and of his (sic) family, including ... housing) this presentation looks at risk factors associated with homelessness for ageing women in Australia. (National Housing Conference 2019, Darwin)
Kathryn Proft
2019
Themes:
Older Women, Pathways into homelessness

CCRC Lasell Village Helps Propel Age-Friendly University Movement
Lasell Village is a Boston-area continuing care retirement community (CCRC) that is on the leading edge of several senior housing trends, notably intergenerational living and university partnerships.
Tim Mullaney
2019
Themes:
The Village Model, Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Health, Community

The devastating biological consequences of homelessness
Understanding why living on the street seems to cause rapid aging could help homeless people — and governments. Researchers at UCSF are trying to understand the biological effects of homelessness in older people.
Amy Maxmen
2019
Themes:
Health, Rough Sleeping, Dementia

Women and Housing Policy (APR 2019)
Women’s economic and other inequality creates disadvantage in accessing housing, including housing insecurity and homelessness. Women’s disadvantage occurs in the context of an Australian housing market characterised by a lack of affordable rental housing, together with tightly targeted social housing with long waiting lists. This has led to the emergence of a cohort of people on low incomes
Women's Electoral Lobby
2019
Themes:
Older Women, Housing in General, Policy, Affordable Housing, Private Rental

11 types of senior living options
As baby boomers have reached retirement age, they’ve recognized the need for more retirement living options than their parents had. This US article examines 11 different options for senior living.
Jami Barnett
2019
Themes:
Ageing Population, Age Specific Housing, Retirement Housing, Aged Care

WEL NSW Women and Housing Policy
This is the Women's Electoral Lobby policy statement on women and housing in Australia. Women’s economic and other inequality creates disadvantage in accessing housing, including housing insecurity and homelessness.
Women's Electoral Lobby
2019
Themes:
Older Women, Affordable Housing

Vulnerable Private Renters: Evidence and Options
Australia’s private rental market has worked well for most people, most of the time. However, this masks a deterioration in overall housing affordability for vulnerable renters. With vulnerable renters — those who are experiencing social and economic disadvantage — the story is more nuanced.
Australian Government Productivity Commission
2019
Themes:
Private Rental, Rental Stress, Policy, Ageing Population

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