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Ageing in a housing crisis: growing numbers of older Australians are facing a bleak future
Publisher/s
The Conversation
Author/s
Emma Power, Amity James, Francesca Perugia, Margaret Reynolds, Piret Veeroja, Wendy Stone
Abstract
The collision between an ageing population and a housing crisis has left more older people in Australia enduring housing insecurity and homelessness. Our research , released today, explores how the scale of these problems among older people has grown over the past decade.
Our report, Ageing in a Housing Crisis, shows safe, secure and affordable housing is increasingly beyond the reach of older people. This growing housing insecurity is system-wide. It’s affecting hundreds of thousands of people across all tenures, including home owners and renters.