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ALONE call for greater housing options for older people as the Land Development Agency is launched
ALONE, the charity that supports older people to age at home, has welcomed yesterday’s launch of the state-sponsored Land Development Agency (LDA), but is urging that housing options for older people are carefully considered. Following the announcement to create 150,000 new homes over the next 20 years and provide long-term stability in the housing market, ALONE is calling on the LDA to develop a
ALONE Ireland
2018
Themes:
Ageing Population, Policy, Age Specific Housing

Here's why so many seniors are joining the tiny-house movement
Discussion and case studies of older women in the US opting to join the tiny house movement as they age.
Lindsay Lowe
2018
Themes:
Tiny Houses, Future housing solutions, Older Women

Demoralising and humiliating: More older Australians falling into homelessness
The number of Australia's private renters aged 65+ who are in housing stress, defined as paying more than 30% on rent, has jumped by 42% in the last five years.
Alison Worrall
2018
Themes:
Rental Stress, Public Housing, Ageing-in-Place

Housing Related Challenges for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities
Older people from CALD backgrounds make up around 25 per cent of all older people in Australia. Though older CALD communities face many of the same barriers to housing experienced by the older population as a whole, such as inappropriate, insecure and unaffordable housing, they are also more likely to encounter additional challenges.
Gemma White
2018
Themes:
CALD Communites

Take a walk around the Social Bite village for homeless people
This is the Social Bite Village, in Granton, Edinburgh, the result of a sustained fundraising and awareness drive with the lofty aim of bringing an end to homelessness at the heart of its ethos. The emphasis is on the establishment of a community, with project leaders Social Bite partnering with homeless charity Cyrenians.
Paul English
2018
Themes:
Future housing solutions, Housing First, Co-housing, Community

The disturbing truth you need to know about women's homelessness
Christine is a recently retired and now homeless mature age woman who has, like so many other retired professional women, little to no prospect of obtaining public or community housing, or being able to afford market price rentals. She is the convenor of the Housing Alternatives self-help action group on Facebook and the creator of the Housing Alternatives web site,
2018
Themes:
Definition of 'at risk of homelessness', Housing Affordability, Older Women, Pathways into homelessness, Policy, Housing insecurity, Rental Stress, Single people & housing stress

A longer lease on life: issues for older renters
With a surplus of $3.9 billion for 2016-17, the 2018 NSW State Budget had its winners and losers. The latter include seniors and renters. This blog examine some of the issues confronting older renters.
Tenants' Union of NSW
2018
Themes:
Private Rental, Policy, Older Women

More Together, More Apart: Migration, Densification, Segregation
This 'Book of Abstracts' showcases articles on Housing Research, Collaborative Housing, disadvantaged neighbourhoods, housing policy, sustainability, living conditions of ageing populations, and refugees. It covers social theory, economics, finance, archicture and more as they relate to housing.
2018

Housing Choices for Older People in Ireland - Time for Action
The goal of this report is to drive discussion and offer solutions which provide choice in housing for older people in Ireland.
ALONE Ireland
2018
Themes:
Ageing Population, Age Specific Housing, Ageing-in-Place, Policy

Pop-up shelter initiative helps homeless older women
An innovative approach to the temporary use of a vacant building site owned by Uniting, the service arm of the Uniting Church, is providing a temporary safe haven for older homeless women who are literally left out in the cold when it comes to specialist homelessness services.
2018
Themes:
Older Women, Community, Crisis Housing

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