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.
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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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Professor of Housing & Social Policy, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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PhD Student, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor, Urban Studies and Public Policy, Simon Fraser University
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Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University
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Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Housing Research, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor, Sociology cross-listed in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University
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Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor in Public Health, University of Michigan
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Emeritus Professor of Housing and Housing Studies, RMIT University
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Professor of Property and Housing Economics, University of South Australia
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Lecturer in Politics and Sociology, Southern Cross University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Southern Cross University
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Alan Morris is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney
