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A Look At Sustainability In Senior Living

There is an increasing demand and expectation in the US for green retirement communities. There is the opportunity to create buildings and communities that intentionally promote health and wellness. The focus is on good design, improved indoor air quality and improving the overall environment of the building and facilities.

Cheryl Slavinsky

2017

Themes:

Ageing Population, Environmental Sustainability, Retirement Housing, Health

Tiny houses: salvation for the homeless or a dead end?

Wooden cabins euphemistically referred to as tiny houses are increasingly viewed as a quick and cheap solution to homelessness and, with minimal public debate, they are mushrooming across the US. The trend is most apparent in northern California and the Pacific north-west.

Paul Lewis

2017

Themes:

Tiny Houses, Future housing solutions

For renters, making housing more affordable is just the start

For renting to become a truly viable, long-term alternative to home ownership, greater rental affordability and security are needed. Longer-term structural changes to tackle housing affordability, including boosting the supply of social housing and increasing tenure diversity, will be essential.

Emma Power

2017

Themes:

Housing Affordability, Policy, Social Housing, Private Rental

Housing stress 'dire' as elderly Canberra women resort to sleeping in cars

Women more than 80 years old are turning to Canberra's homeless services for shelter, forced out of housing by the ACT's rental market, low savings and family violence. Homelessness services are reporting a rise in clients who are elderly women, some resorting to sleeping in cars and couch surfing for shelter before seeking help.

Doug Dingwall

2017

Themes:

Older Women, Housing Affordability, Private Rental, Rental Stress

UK housing crisis is hitting older people too, not just the young

Britain’s housing shortage is never far from the top of the political agenda.

Claudia Wood

2017

Themes:

Ageing Population, Policy, Housing Affordability, Social Housing

Metro-based retirees affected by housing affordability

The latest Milliman Retirement Expectations and Spending Profiles report found that those retires who rent privately in Sydney saw their annual cost of living two-thirds higher in order to enjoy the same life quality as homeowners.

Oksana Patron

2017

Themes:

Ageing Population, Retirement, Policy, Housing Affordability

Housing affordability crisis is bad for Gen Y but worse for Baby Boomers

Australia has the second-highest rate of poverty among those on pensions in all OECD nations. Our retirement system basically takes the inequality that exists in our society at the moment and then magnifies it in retirement.

Jenna Price

2017

Themes:

Ageing Population, Housing Affordability, Older Women, Poverty & homelessness, Retirement, Policy

Growing old better by growing old amongst friends: the rise of third age cooperatives

This article looks at the co-housing option for the elderly in Spain. The case study is the dream of a group of people who one day decided they neither wanted to be shut away in an old people’s home nor to depend on their children. Given the lack of options, they came up with their own solution: to grow old among friends.

Maria Jose Carmano

2017

Themes:

Ageing Population, Co-housing, Future housing solutions

Housing affordability is not just about youth. 15,000 seniors are homeless

As hard as it is for young people to get a foot on the property ladder, it’s even harder for pensioners and low to middle income renters to get a foot in the door ... any door. Private rental accommodation is now more unaffordable than owner-occupied. According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, people who rent spend more of their income on housing than people with a mortgage.

Nieves Murray

2017

Themes:

Housing Affordability, Private Rental, Policy