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Supporting older lower income tenants in the private rental sector
The housing situation for older lower income renters differs from younger lower income renters in that they have finished their working life (and usually have low levels of wealth), they have very limited incomes (i.e.
2018
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La Opinión: Our homeless crisis is a housing crisis
The homeless crisis in Los Angeles is linked to a lack of affordable housing. The 2018 Homeless Count, found more than 9,000 people newly experiencing homelessness, and a sizeable jump among those 62 years old and older.
2018
Re-Inventing Existing Real Estate of Social Housing for Older People: Building a New De Benring in Voorst, The Netherlands
Enabling one to age-in-place requires new housing arrangements that facilitate and enable older adults to live comfortably into old age, preferably with others.
Innovative examples are provided from a Dutch social housing association, illustrating a new approach to environmental design that focuses more on building new communities in conjunction with the building itself, as opposed to the occupat
2018
Not enough homes being built for older people - new research
The number of people aged 85 and over will more than double in the UK over the next 25 years. With an ageing population will come additional pressures on services and resources – and one area of specific concern is housing.
Recent research suggests the cost to the NHS from older people being poorly housed is over £600m a year.
2018
Housing and Ageing: Linking strategy to future delivery for Scotland, Wales and England 2030
Our goal was to create a set of co-designed recommendations for the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments, which would identify specific priorities and recommendations for the housing and ageing agenda – as a driver to get housing ready for the increasing future generations of older people.
2018
Position Paper. Older women who are experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. Melbourne
The recommendations in this Position Paper have been developed based on the evidence summarised in the Background Paper- Older women experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. This Position Paper is aimed at Federal, State and Territory Australian governments.
2018
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'A collective denial': Why are France's elderly treated so badly?
France has a reputation for being one of the best places to grow old, in part due to its high quality of life, excellent health care and having one of the world’s longest life expectancies.
2018
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The Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities Looking back over the last decade, looking forward to the next
This report gives a global overview of the progress that cities and communities have made over the last decade towards becoming more age-friendly, through the lens of the WHO Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities.
Among the notable achievements, membership in the WHO Global Network has increased four-fold in the last two and a half years and more affiliate organizations are suppo
2018
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A Novel Cohousing Project for Older Women and Implications for Loneliness
In this article, we describe a novel approach in older persons’ housing, a recently established cohousing development, ‘New Ground’ in London, UK. Cohousing is a form of grouped housing designed and managed by those who reside within it.
2018
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Housing an Ageing Australia: The Ideal of Security of Tenure and the Undermining Effect of Elder Abuse
This article considers the degree of legal security of tenure and ontological security in various forms of accommodation utilised by older people. In so doing, the article examines how elder abuse can dilute legal and ontological security and makes suggestions as to how existing real property laws could be utilised and amended to safeguard housing security for older people
2018
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"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."