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Lessons from Finland: helping homeless people starts with giving them homes

The housing first model is quite simple: when people are homeless, you give them housing first – a stable home, rather than progressing them through several levels of temporary and transitional accommodation.

Juha Kaakinen

2016

Themes:

Housing First

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

Alistair McCallum

2015

Themes:

Future housing solutions, Housing Affordability, Single people & housing stress

Why More Seniors Are Forming Their Own 'Villages'

Discusses the Beacon Hill example of the Village concept of housing for older people. A local group of independent seniors meet and support one other through the elder years. By pooling yearly membership fees, members of the village pay for a small staff that helps them find services like drivers, cleaners, and handymen in the local area.

Chris Bentley

2015

Themes:

Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, The Village Model, Retirement Housing

‘New ideas to old problems’ needed says head of innovative housing service

Australia needs new solutions to address the growing number of homeless seniors,particularly women. Innovative solutions to look after this cohort are needed. This article looks at Common Ground Tasmania which opened in 2012. Older women have been drawn to the model as it provides safe and secure accommodation with a sense of community and purpose.

Darragh O'Keefe

2015

Themes:

Older Women, Housing First, Ageing-in-Place, Future housing solutions, Affordable Housing, Community

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.

Sue Hay

2015

Themes:

Housing Affordability, Private Rental, Policy, Rental Stress, Retirement

A brief history of housing for older people

An interesting summary of housing options for the elderly in Europe and the UK, from Hospitals, Almshouses and Colleges to our current Retirement Villages.

RM Architects

2015

Themes:

Aged Care, Social Housing

What’s Next for Senior Living? 3 Innovative Concepts

This US article discusses the need for developers to create new housing options for the increasingly disparate ageing population. It examines three core areas that must be addressed. Multi-Generational Living, Urban-Core Simplicity and Excitement, and It Takes a Village.

Jason Childers

2015

Themes:

Ageing Population, Aged Care, The Village Model, Urban Planning, Co-housing, Community

Smart designs for an ageing population

Singapore’s life expectancy is one of the highest in the world. Its older population (age 60+) is projected to grow from 814,000 (15 per cent of population) in 2012 to 2,308,000 (38 per cent) by 2050 – faster than Japan. At this rate of growth, Singapore is anticipated to become the world’s 4th ‘oldest’ country in the next three to four decades.

Belinda Yuen, Chathura Withanage

2015

Themes:

Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Policy, Lifetime Neighbourhoods, Community

'Forgotten': South Korea's elderly struggle to get by

About half of South Korea's elderly live in relative poverty, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The traditional social structure, which saw children looking after their parents, has broken down. There is a growth in the number of homeless elders as a result .

Kathy Novak

2015

Themes:

Ageing Population, Poverty & homelessness