Older Tenants in Australian Public Housing: Management Policies, Practices and Patterns of Transfer
Abstract There are good reasons for believing that Australian eligibility requirements create elderly public housing recipients who are older and predominantly female. These residents are therefore likely to be characterized by higher social risk and dependency than the aged population as a whole. Although there have been a number of studies carried out in individual public housing estates, older residents have tended to be under-represented in community surveys which aim to investigate the need for support services. The purpose of this paper is to provide basic information about transfer patterns to indicate the scale and nature of the possible care needs of elderly public housing residents. Patterns of movement in accord with changing dependency provide an indicator of their needs and are investigated by analyzing their reasons for departure and their destination. The sample is drawn from Ministry of Housing residents in Victoria. Other areas examined are Ministry of Housing policies and procedures with...
Rental housing provision for lower-income older Australians
The number of people aged 65 years or over in low-income rental households will more than double by 2026. The social housing system, at its current growth rate, will not meet their needs. This research involved demographic projections of older renters, examined their housing preferences, and analysed the supply capacity of the public and private rental sectors to respond.
OLDER WOMEN: HOUSING ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES
This article examines the housing circumstances of 70 women over sixty living independently in Sydney, Canberra and Queanbeyan. The four major housing alternatives for older women — home ownership, public rental, private rental and retirement villages —were explored from the women's point of view. Although in line with other studies private rental was revealed as the worst housing option for the aged, important issues were raised concerning problems in the other three sectors. Particular emphasis in the article is placed on the impact of women's social and economic status on their housing experiences in old age.