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Home to Stay: Creating Quality Supportive Housing for Aging Tenants

Very little is known about the homeless aging population, referred to as the “invisible population” and even less is known about those aging in place within supportive housing and older/elderly adults in institutions who, if provided with long-term supportive services, would be able to return to the community.
2016

Green Book 50 Years On The Reality of Homelessness for Families Today

Research compares 1996 and 2016 homelessness, plus extensive research in 2016 causes and consequences of homelessness for families in the UK.
2016
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Housing an Ageing Population

The UK's ageing society presents massive challenges for the wider economy. The effects from our ageing society are only just beginning to play out on the wider economy but the effects on the housing market are more apparent, with a market that is deeply unequal. It would be politically, socially and ethically wrong to force people from their homes.
2015

Report on the Housing and Support Needs of Cluid's Older Tenants

Clúid Housing is an independent not-for profit charity that develops and provides high quality, affordable housing for people who cannot afford to buy their own home or pay for private rented housing. Clúid currently owns or leases approximately 5,200 homes across the country. In 2014 we decided to develop an Older Persons’ Housing Strategy.
2015

Arizona and the Aging Homeless Population: Preparing for the Future

Current US research reveals evidence of an aging trend in the single adult homeless population. This aging trend is centered around those that are part of the latter half of the baby-boomers born between 1954-1967, a cohort of individuals that face the highest risk for homelessness.
2015

Age-Friendly Community Initiatives: Conceptual Issues and Key Questions

US public policy and programs for older adults traditionally have focused on the delivery of benefits to targeted individuals.
2015

The voices of midlife women facing housing insecurity in Victoria, Australia

Single, older women in the State of Victoria, Australia have emerged as a group experiencing housing insecurity and being highly vulnerable to homelessness in their old age. A sizable demographic cohort, it is a group that could overwhelm the existing homelessness service system. One of the most surprising aspects of this trend is their propensity to be tertiary educated.
2015

Key characteristics of age-friendly cities and communities: a review.

The world is currently experiencing two demographic transitions: population ageing and urbanisation.
2015

Older, single women are the new face of homelessness, says Anglican report

Older single women are the new face of homelessness in Australia, welfare group Anglicare has revealed in a new report that looks at the groups falling through the cracks in society. The State of the Family report, released on Monday, found that older single women were much more vulnerable to poverty and homelessness due to lower workplace participation, lifelong unpaid caring responsibilities an
2015

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