Australia
Older single SA women facing homelessness and housing stress
Single women aged over 60 are becoming increasingly vulnerable to housing stress and insecurity and while the factors leading to homelessness are often complex, consistent trends have been emerging with this group in our community.
2018
Position Paper. Older women who are experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. Melbourne
The recommendations in this Position Paper have been developed based on the evidence summarised in the Background Paper- Older women experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. This Position Paper is aimed at Federal, State and Territory Australian governments.
2018
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We Need to Talk About The Rising Tragedy of Homeless Elderly People
The rising number of low-income and homeless elderly people being locked out of aged care is one that needs urgent attention, writes Andrew Cairns, CEO of Community Sector Banking.
2018
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Is the Victorian Housing Register providing transparency in the process for community housing offers that its introduction intended?
The purpose of this report is to ascertain whether or not the Victorian Housing Register is working as it intended in regards to the process of receiving community housing offers in the case of HAAG’s cohort of older people whoare homeless or at risk of homelessness.
2018
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Older Aussie renters at ‘greater risk of financial stress’ than home owners
According to new research, older Australians are one of the fastest-growing groups of renters in Australia with an increasing number of retirees forking out for rented properties.
Australia's retirement incomes system doesn’t work for everyone. Retirees in the private rental market are at much greater risk of financial stress than homeowners, or those in public housing.
2018
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Out of the frying pan into the fire: The experiences of Housing for the Aged Action Group clients referred to Independent Living Units
Outlines the experiences of clients seeking an Independent Living Unit (ILU), the experiences of clients with their housing since seeking retirement advice, and their perceptions of HAAG’s services.
2018
Changing the Rules – Housing Affordability for Seniors
An Australian example of the issues facing older people and housing issues. Examines the findings from the Property Council Retirement Census 2017.
2018
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Public Housing Redevelopments Impact Older Persons’ Health and Wellbeing
The Victorian State Government’s public housing renewal program is a plan to sell land on existing public housing estates to private developers with a return of a ten per cent increase in public housing. This plan includes the relocation of current tenants to other public housing properties.
2018
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Housing Affordability and Homelessness
This report is about homelessness, considered in the context of our wider housing, service, and social system.
Homelessness is an urgent and growing problem. Currently, homelessness as an end point gets significant attention from governments and the specialist services working in the sector.
2018
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The government has walked away from social housing. Now we are paying the price
Housing policy in Australia has a split personality: we are either shaking our heads at how hard it is for wealthy millennials to buy their first home or we are wringing our hands at the plight of the homeless.
Policymakers have responded in a piecemeal and often counterproductive fashion to these individual and seemingly isolated issues, providing financial incentives to first homebuyers and cri
2018
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