Policy
Councils' help with affordable housing shows how local government can make a difference
Tasmania is in the grip of a rental housing affordability crisis. What do local governments do to help?
Rural areas in particular lack rental options.
2018
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Rental warning: Falling home ownership rates set to bite retirees
Older Australians are falling off the housing ladder and face spending their retirement as renters, with the situation expected to worsen for coming generations.
Senior Australians in the private rental market are “at much greater risk of financial stress than home owners, or those in public housing”, according to the Grattan Institute’s recently launched Grattan Retirement Incomes Model.
Older
2018
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Prepare for public housing supply avalanche as ageing HDB flat owners die
Singapore reaches a population milestone in 2018: The total number of senior citizens at 65 years and older equals the number of young people at 15 years and younger. So far, the discussion on an ageing population has largely been focused on the costs of healthcare and social support. It is time to consider the impact on another area - public housing.
2018
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Rural Housing for an Ageing Population: Preserving Independence
This UK report presents the findings of our All-Party Parliamentary Group’s latest Inquiry: Rural Housing for our Ageing Population: Preserving Independence, the fourth in this series of “HAPPI” reports covering different aspects of housing and care for older people.
Our underlying concern is with the growing numbers of older people in rural communities who will face a huge challenge to their ind
2018
Supporting older lower income tenants in the private rental sector
The housing situation for older lower income renters differs from younger lower income renters in that they have finished their working life (and usually have low levels of wealth), they have very limited incomes (i.e.
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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Life as an older renter, and what it tells us about the urgent need for tenancy reform
Reform in the private rental sector is essential. Growing numbers of Australians rent their housing and increasing proportions are expected to rent long-term. This makes it essential that private rental housing meets the need that every person has for a secure and affordable home. It is getting harder for older renters to find adequate, appropriate and secure housing.
2018
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Amplify Insights: Housing Affordability and Homelessness
This report assembles the evidence, from official statistics, academic research, and other publicly available information about the lived experience of homelessness and housing affordability in Australia.
2018
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Ensuring living condition for ageing population by public–private partnership (PPP)
Lack of financial resources has become one of the main issues in
fulfilling social and physical needs in urban development. The declining levels of public resources make the collaboration between public and private investors necessary.
2018
Life as an older renter
The New South Wales government has introduced a bill to reform the Residential Tenancies Act. This act sets out the rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants in private rental accommodation in NSW.
It is getting harder for older renters to find adequate, appropriate and secure housing. Older women – the focus of my work – are at particular risk.
2018
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