Retirement Housing Stories

Mr and Mrs Jenner* are a couple in their mid 70s who moved from a rural area to Melbourne four years ago to access specialised medical treatment, and wanted to move back closer to family. Since June 2016 they have been trying to sell their moveable unit so they can finally move. The couple asked the park owner sell their unit.

Diane had been her father Joe’s live-in carer at the retirement village for two years before he passed away. She was the main beneficiary of his estate and the executor of his will. Since she’d inherited the unit, which was his main asset, and was herself in her 60’s, she expected to be able to keep living there. But the village manager had other ideas.

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