Housing Affordability
Housing and Ireland’s Older Population
It is sometimes argued that residential immobility on the part of older people results in the sub-optimal allocation of the housing stock. If older people remain in larger houses, then such houses are not available for the next generation of younger families.
2016
Ending Homelessness in New Zealand:Final Report of the Cross-Party Inquiry on Homelessness
The hundreds of submissions and pieces of evidence presented to the Cross-Party Inquiry into Homelessness show that the level of homelessness in New Zealand is larger than any other time in recent memory and is continuing to grow.
2016
Housing affordability stand-out issue for seniors' wellbeing
Housing affordability is the single most important factor in determining older people’s wellbeing, according to an Australian study.
The Index of Wellbeing for Older Australians discovered there are large concentrations of over 65s experiencing low wellbeing on the fringes of major cities compared to inner-city areas but also found that housing affordability was the stand-out issue.
The Index ma
2016
Themes:
How to Prevent and End Homelessness Among Older Adults
Older adults are at greater risk of homelessness than at any time in recent history.The population is aging, and more adults are
aging into poverty. At the same time, housing is becoming more unaffordable and the costs of necessities like health care are rising, leaving older adults at risk of poverty and homelessness.
2016
Supply shortages and affordability outcomes in the private rental sector: short and longer term trends
This report found there was a shortage of 271 000 affordable and available rental dwellings for very-low-income households in 2011, an increase of 60 000 since 2006.
2015
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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.
2015
Adaptive Reuse : Accommodating Canberra's Working and Ageing Poor
A new report into housing affordability has called for urgent action to develop and subsidise smaller housing stock in Canberra.
The Safe and Well green paper revealed an estimated 20,000 Canberra households were experiencing housing stress, with rent consuming up to 70 per cent of incomes.
Other contributors to the green paper see opportunity in some of Canberra's more than 100,000 square
2015
What are the pathways to homelessness in old age?
A discussion on the pathways into older homelessness in Canada.
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
Seniors downsizing on their own terms: Overcoming planning, legal and policy impediments to the creation of alternative retirement communities
It seems there are as many reasons for seniors making downsizing decisions as there are individual seniors. Some common themes have emerged however. First, despite the tacit encouragement of downsizing in Australia and elsewhere, most seniors resist moving in order to downsize.
2015
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