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Homelessness grows for older women aged 55+
The Women’s Electoral Lobby has called on Commonwealth and State governments to respond Australia’s homelessness crisis for women, who are often invisible and amongst the poorest and most vulnerable of those experiencing homelessness. Older women aged 55 and over are the fastest growing cohort of homeless people, with numbers increasing by 31% between 2011 and 2016.
Phillipa Hall
2019
Themes:
Older Women, Policy

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

Living on the Street: Only Option for Some of Cuba’s Elderly
The number of homeless people is growing in Havana, as well as in the rest of the country. This article looks at the reasons behind the increase in older people facing homelessness.
Ivett de las Mercedes
2019
Themes:
Ageing Population, Rough Sleeping, Poverty & homelessness

Older women the new face of homelessness
Older women have emerged as one of the most vulnerable groups in relation to housing insecurity and homelessness in Australia in recent years. They are not a group that is historically associated with homelessness and indeed, many older women have never been homeless before.
Debbie Georgopoulos
2019
Themes:
Older Women, Ageing Population, Affordable Housing

Housing in an ageing Australia: Nest and nest egg?
This brief is in three parts. Part one tackles the dynamics of the housing purchase in working life, describing the patterns of housing tenure across generations, demographic and market dynamics, the likely future effects of demography on housing demand, and the policies that can affect home purchase outcomes, particularly taxes.
ARC Centre of Excellence in Population and Ageing Research
2019
Themes:
Ageing Population, Retirement, Age Specific Housing, Ageing-in-Place, Home Ownership, Housing Affordability, Private Rental

Rental Affordability Index 2019
Rental affordability for single pensioners is alarmingly poor. Across the nation, the single pensioner household is facing Severely Unaffordable and Extremely Unaffordable rents.
2019
Themes:
Private Rental, Rental Stress, Policy, Poverty & homelessness

The Forgotten Women - fastest growing homeless population
This presentation looks at the reasons why women aged 55+ are the fastest growing cohort to experience, or be at risk of, homelessness. (National Housing Conference 2019, Darwin)
Teresa Reed
2019
Themes:
Older Women

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

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