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Housing Boomers - A report on housing issues facing South Australia's older population
This report addresses housing for older people on two primary levels; housing stress and homelessness.
2016
The Ache for Home: A Plan to Address Chronic Homelessness and Housing Unaffordability in Australia
Australia has a crisis in the supply
of social and affordable housing.
This is evidenced by the hundreds
of thousands who are experiencing
homelessness, on wait-lists for
public housing, or living in severe
housing stress. Taken together, the
statistics tell us that across Australia
there are over 105,000 people
experiencing homelessness and
875,000 households experiencing
housing stress.
2016
Older People’s Housing Design Guidance
This guidance provides details on the building design and service provision for two main types of housing in the Royal Borough of
Kensington and Chelsea, for older people: extra care housing and retirement housing.
This guide outlines design standards and considerations required to support the needs and aspirations of older people.
2015
The Future of Housing for Older Australians
The demand for seniors housing is expected to increase significantly in line with the ageing of the population over the coming decades. Broad changes to the housing situations of older people and the household structures in which they live have significant implications for successful ageing.
2015
Ending and Preventing Older Women's Experience of Homelessness in Australia
Older, single women are increasingly vulnerable to housing stress, insecurity and homelessness.
2015
Cohousing: 'It makes sense for people with things in common to live together'
New housing scheme offering older people the chance to live independently but in a shared community.
The article discusses a pioneering new housing scheme for older women in North London, where members would move together into a custom-built housing development, in which each would have her own self-contained apartment and front door, but where they would share communal facilities.
2015
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The voices of mid-life women facing housing insecurity
Single, mid-life women in Australia have emerged as a group vulnerable to housing insecurity and having a high potential of homelessness in their old age (65+). Mid-life is used here to denote women aged between 40 and 65.
2015
Homeless South Australia: A 2015 stocktake of homelessness issues in South Australia
Homelessness has been at the forefront of public policy debate in South Australia since 2002 when the Rann Labor Government was formed and established its social inclusion initiative.
2015
The Meaning of a “Sense of Community” in a Finnish Senior Co-Housing Community
Cohousing schemes are developed to fulfill the need for a housing
type that provides mutual support and social contacts while alleviating the isolation and loneliness often experienced in ordinary neighborhoods.
2015
Themes:
How can we best design housing for Australia’s ageing population?
Few older Australians actually live in non-private housing such as nursing homes. Data from the 2011 Census reveals that 94% of Australians who are 65 or older still live in private housing. More than half live with a partner and another quarter live alone.
Australia’s current housing options are not future-proofed for its ageing population.
2015
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."