Sarah Backhouse

Agile housing for an Ageing Australia
By 2055, Australia’s 65+ population will have doubled and, if current strategies are followed, it is likely that the housing available will be inappropriate. Today’s housing stock will still be in use yet few developers and designers are capitalising on the potential of agile housing and, more broadly, the creation of age-friendly neighbourhoods.
Clare Newton, Ajibade Aibinu, Sarah Backhouse, Robert Crawford, Tom Kvan, Elizabeth Ozanne, Alan Pert, Carolyn Whitzman
2016
Themes:
Ageing Population, Age-Friendly Cities, Ageing-in-Place, Urban Planning, Aged Care

Agile housing for an Ageing Australia
By 2055, Australia’s 65+ population will have doubled and, if current strategies are followed, it is likely that the housing available will be inappropriate. Today’s housing stock will still be in use yet few developers and designers are capitalising on the potential of agile housing and, more broadly, the creation of age-friendly neighbourhoods.
Clare Newton, Sarah Backhouse, Robert Crawford, Tom Kvan, Elizabeth Ozanne, Alan Pert, Carolyn Whitzman
2016
Themes:
Ageing Population, Social Housing, Lifetime Neighbourhoods, Age Specific Housing, Policy, Co-housing

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