Policy
The Ache for Home: A Plan to Address Chronic Homelessness and Housing Unaffordability in Australia
Australia has a crisis in the supply
of social and affordable housing.
This is evidenced by the hundreds
of thousands who are experiencing
homelessness, on wait-lists for
public housing, or living in severe
housing stress. Taken together, the
statistics tell us that across Australia
there are over 105,000 people
experiencing homelessness and
875,000 households experiencing
housing stress.
2016
Want to age well? Fix the housing system
We need urgent action from government, business and the not-for-profit sector on the financing and supply of more affordable and social housing for older people.
2016
A Literature Review of Homelessness and Aging: Suggestions for a Policy and Practice-Relevant Research Agenda
Homelessness among older people is a growing concern across Canada and is expected to rise with demographic change. Yet current knowledge, policies, and practices on homelessness largely focus on younger populations. Likewise, research and policies on aging typically overlook homelessness.
2016
Considering Housing Models for London’s Aging Population
In Canada, the population is aging. Currently, the cohort aged 65+is greater than those who are aged 0 to 14.
2016
Senior Housing in China: Older and Wiser
China’s 220 million people over 60 now represent 16.3 percent of its total population, up from 10.3 percent in 2000. By 2020, that number will reach 248 million,
The current supply of senior housing units in China is minimal, and most are provided by the government.
2016
Themes:
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
The Social Housing Ageing & Disability Crisis
Allied to the UK's rapidly ageing population and the rising number of people developing dementia, the need to provide safe social housing for those who are older and/or disabled is becoming increasingly urgent and intense.
A major piece of recent research by the Smith Institute forecasts that by 2034 there will be 170,000 more residents with mobility problems living in housing association pr
2016
Themes:
Housing an Ageing Population
A presentation to the Community Housing Cymru Annual Conference 2016 focussing on key questions for designing and planning for the housing needs & choices of older people in Wales.
2016
Themes:
What kind of housing is preferred by older adults and seniors?
In world-wide research seniors are most concerned with housing being affordable, appropriate, and available.
2016
Housing vulnerable older people: lessons from Europe and Australia
A comparison of strategies for housing vulnerable older people in Europe and Australia.
2015
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