Increasingly insecure pathways to home ownership are not just a problem for property markets. The fallout is likely to hit retirement incomes, the welfare base, gender equity and the broader economy.
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Finding secure affordable housing is a problem for older women across Australia. But new research finds women in regional areas have different priorities from those in the cities.
One in seven Australian households is in a state of housing need. A shortfall in social housing supply means some are locked out of the market and others pay much more for rent than they can afford.
Parental separation substantially raises the risk of homelessness by the age of 30 for girls and boys, but only boys are affected by a break-up after the age of 12.
Housing affordability is often not the only problem households face. More often the compounding effects of multiple problems leave people unable to cope, which is why one solution won't work for all.
For the increasing proportion of people living in private rental accommodation who can expect to be dependent on the age pension, the prospects of financial and housing insecurity are grim.
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Honorary Professor of Geography, University of Cambridge
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Research Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Economics, School of Economics, Finance and Property, Curtin University
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Emeritus Professor of Housing and Housing Studies, RMIT University
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Professor of Housing Research, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Adelaide
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Director, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Curtin Research Centre, Curtin University
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, University of Melbourne
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Professor of Housing Economics, University of Adelaide
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Lecturer in Politics and Sociology, Southern Cross University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Southern Cross University
