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Not A Group House, Not A Commune: Europe Experiments With Co-Housing
While still in architecture school, María García Mendez and Gonzalo Navarrete drafted a plan to re-design a high-density area of Alfafar, Valencia, using the principle of co-housing — in which residents trade and share space and resources, depending on their needs. It's not just an architecture project. It's a fusion of architecture and rehabilitation.
Lauren Frayer, Ari Shapiro
2015
Themes:
Co-housing, Ageing Population, Future housing solutions

Designing Multigenerational Dwelling A Workshop with Four Flemish Architecture Firms
Due to social shifts, demographic changes and spatial challenges, housing is at the top of the social agenda in Flanders. Recently, communal housing concepts are being put forward to strive against these general developments. This paper presents research on multigenerational dwelling.
Sebastiaan Gerards, Roel De Ridder, Sylvain De Bleeckere
2015
Themes:
Ageing Population, Co-housing

Muslims in Australia and their aged care needs: An exploratory study with special reference to South Australia
The Report “MUSLIMS IN AUSTRALIA AND THEIR AGED CARE NEEDS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA” was prepared for the Islamic Information Centre of South Australia (IICSA) as an important step toward making aged care in general, and residential care in particular, responsive to the needs of the Muslim community in South Australia.
Mahjabeen Ahmad, Shamsul Khan
2015
Themes:
CALD Communites, Aged Care

Suitable, affordable housing is key to our population ageing well
If Australian seniors are to remain healthy and work longer, the importance of appropriate housing cannot be underestimated. Much attention is being paid to the rising cost of health care for an ageing population.
Eileen Webb, Gill North
2015
Themes:
Ageing Population, Affordable Housing, Age Specific Housing, Policy, Health

Oscillating in and out of place: Experiences of newly homeless older adults in Montreal, Quebec
While aging in place research has burgeoned over the past few decades, scant research has examined experiences of older adults who are becoming homeless for the first time. Drawing on the geographic concept of place, defined as a dynamic, politicized, meaningful location, constructivist grounded theory methodology, observations, document analysis and in depth interviews with 15 newly homeless old
Victoria Burns
2015
Themes:
Pathways into homelessness

A First Time for Everything: Homelessness
The face of homelessness is changing but are our policies and social responses up to it? STEPHANIE CARSON, Benetas Victoria, writes about the experiences of two older women and their advocates. More action, more urgently, is needed so that others are not left behind after years of caring, working and service.
Stephanie Carson, Benetas Victoria
2015
Themes:
Older Women

Seniors downsizing on their own terms: Overcoming planning, legal and policy impediments to the creation of alternative retirement communities
Terms such as ‘ageing in place’ and ‘downsizing’ have become ubiquitous in discourse about the accommodation choices of older people. The terms, while not mutually exclusive, are not necessarily symbiotic and mean different things to different people.
Kenny Annand, Wendy Lacey, Eileen Webb
2015
Themes:
Ageing Population, Downsizing, Policy, Retirement Housing

Australian demographic trends and their implications for housing subsidies
This Positioning Paper is the first output of a project that aims to forecast future housing subsidies that will accompany projected demographic changes and the challenges these trends may pose for the fiscal sustainability of housing policy.
Rachel Ong, Gavin Wood, Melek Cigdem
2015
Themes:
Ageing Population

A Profile of Maine’s Older Population and Housing Stock
Maine has the highest proportion of people aged 55 and older in the country, and the size of the older population is projected to grow. This demographic trend raises a number of concerns, not least of which is the adequacy and affordability of Maine’s housing stock to meet the needs of the state’s older population.
Meghan Henry, Carissa Climaco, Rebecca Cohen, Gabe Schwartz
2015
Themes:
Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Housing Affordability, Private Rental, Public Housing, Policy

Public Housing in Crisis
Public housing is full of vibrant communities and great people who help make Melbourne a great place to live.But increasingly, Melbourne’s public housing system is in crisis and 34,000 people languish on waiting lists across Victoria.Since being rst elected in 2010, Adam Bandt’s of ce has been approached by over 600 Melbourne constituents and others regarding public housing.This report analyses 5
Adam Bandt, Ellen Sandell
2015
Themes:
Public Housing

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