Research Paper

Housing equity withdrawal: uses, risks, and barriers to alternative mechanisms in later life
This project uncovers the uses, risks of and barriers to housing equity withdrawal (HEW) by older home owners aged 45 years and over via three alternative mechanisms: in situ mortgage equity withdrawal (MEW), downsizing and selling up.
Rachel Ong, Therese Jefferson, Gavin Wood, Marietta Haffner, Siobhan Austen
2013
Themes:
Home Ownership, Ageing Population

The experience of marginal rental housing in Australia
This is the Final Report of a research project on contemporary marginal rental housing in Australia.
Robin Goodman, Anitra Nelson, Tony Dalton, Melek Cigdem, Michelle Gabriel, Keith Jacobs
2013
Themes:
Private Rental

Addressing later life homelessness
This report examines older people’s homelessness in Australia. It follows on from the earlier report Homelessness and Older Australians: Scoping the Issues, published in 2011. The research has been funded through the Australian Government’s Homelessness Research Partnership Agreement, administered by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
Andrew Jones, Maree Petersen
2013
Themes:
Gender, Older Women

Long-term private rental in a changing Australian private rental sector
This is the Final Report of an Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) funded project which provides a comprehensive account of the characteristics of the contemporary private rental sector (PRS) in Australia, including changes in recent decades.
Wendy Stone, Terry Burke, Kath Hulse, Liss Ralston
2013
Themes:
Private Rental

Living together privately: for a cautious reading of cohousing
The paper analyses cohousing as a part of the phenomenon of private residential communities. First, we provide an overview of cohousing and we identify its five constitutive characteristics. Second, we propose a comparison between the constitutive features of cohousing and of other kinds of private residential communities.
Francesco Chiodelli, Valeria Baglione
2013
Themes:
Co-housing

Transforming almshouses for the 21st century
Almshouses have existed for a thousand years, but their role is not well-understood outside the almshouse movement.
Jenny Pannell
2013
Themes:
Ageing Population, Age Specific Housing, Future housing solutions

Towards an agenda for post-carbon cities. Lessons from Lilac, the UK’s first ecological, affordable cohousing community

This paper explores an agenda towards post-carbon cities, extending and deepening established debates around low-carbon, sustainable cities in the process. The paper draws upon a case-study of an embryonic post-carbon initiative due for completion in 2013 called Lilac.
Paul Chatterton
2013
Themes:
Environmental Sustainability, Co-housing, Future housing solutions, Older Women

Local government research into a 'hidden' issue
City of Bundoora and Monash University collaborative research exploring the experiences & issues that place single older women (55+) at risk of homelessness or that lead to homelessness.
Katherine Wright
2013
Themes:
Older Women, Definition of 'at risk of homelessness', Pathways into homelessness

Elderly Homeless Veterans in Los Angeles: Chronicity and Precipitants of Homelessness
Comparing the characteristics of chronically homeless and acutely homeless elderly veterans to better understand precipitants of homelessness.
Carissa van den Berk-Clark, James McGuire
2013
Themes:
Veterans, Substance Abuse

Sustainable retirement village for older people: A case study in Brisbane, Australia

This paper aims to identify sustainability features and practices adopted in retirement villages and associated benefits to improve the life quality of older people.
Bo Xia, Jian Zuo, Martin Skitmore, Ayomi Dita Rarasati
2013
Themes:
Retirement Housing, Environmental Sustainability

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