Rental Stress
Why secure and affordable housing is an increasing worry for aged pensioners
The average housing costs of older (65-plus) outright homeowners in lone-person households were A$38 a week in 2013-14, the Australian Bureau of Statistics calculated, compared to $103 for older social housing tenants and $232 for older private renters.
The power of affordable and secure housing to create a foundation for a decent life for people dependent on the age pension is clear.
However, t
2016
Ending and Preventing Older Women's Experience of Homelessness in Australia
Older, single women are increasingly vulnerable to housing stress, insecurity and homelessness.
2015
More NZ retirees will become homeless
New Zealand is facing a growing population of homeless older people.
The Salvation Army has released new research estimating that by 2030, 200,000 retirement-aged won't own a house and will be unable to afford rent.
2015
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Older women fall victim to crisis in homelessness
Looking at the rise in Australian women 55+ who are experiencing housing stress.
2014
Housing Affordability Stress: understanding the 30:40 indicator
The 30:40 indicator identifies households as being in housing affordability stress when the household has an income level in the bottom 40 per cent of Australia's income distribution and is paying more than 30 per cent of its income in housing costs.
2014
A Roof Over My Head: the final report of the Sustain project
There are now 3.8 million households living in the private rented sector (PRS), a number which has nearly doubled in the past ten years. The PRS is increasingly being used by local authorities and agencies to house homeless people but the ending of a private tenancy is now the leading cause of statutory homelessness.
2014
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The hidden housing problem: older and still renting
Increasing numbers of people in their 50s and 60s are renting. In Australia, we’re not meant to be renters in retirement. Our age pension system is built on the assumption we’ll own our homes outright. That’s why our age pension is low relative to other countries’ – because housing costs in older age are assumed to be low, too.
2014
The impact of Rent Assistance on housing affordability for low-income renters: Australia
Rent Assistance has failed to keep up with surging rental costs.
Increases to Age and Disability Support Pension payments, since a one-off increase in 2009 of $32 per week, have helped reduce the numbers of these pensioners paying more than half of their income in rent.
2014
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Open For Inspection? Private rental stress in the Eastern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne
This research project was developed by Wesley Mission Victoria and the Tenants Union of Victoria to build a better understanding of issues related to the private rental market that are affecting families on low incomes, using the Eastern Metropolitan Region as an example.
The report discusses findings across the board in terms of age, income and other areas of difficulties facing renters in the p
2012
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Precarious housing and health inequalities: what are the links?
This exploratory study asks two broad questions:
• Does poor health lead to precarious housing?
• Does precarious housing (including affordability, suitability and security of tenure) affect people’s health?
Older private renters (that is, people older than 65 years) were particularly vulnerable to unaffordable housing: half were in housing affordability stress.
2011
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"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."