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"It would be impossible at this stage in the election campaign to be unaware
that housing is a critical, potentially vote-changing, issue. But the suite of
policies being proposed by the major parties largely focus on young, first home
buyers.
What is glaringly noticeable is the lack of measures to improve availability
and affordability for older people.
Modern older lives are diverse, yet older people have become too easily
pigeonholed. No more so than in respect to property, where a perception has
flourished that older people own more than their fair share of housing wealth.
While the value of housing has no doubt increased, home ownership rates among
people reaching retirement age has actually declined since the mid-1990s.
Older people can also face rental stress and homelessness – with almost 20,000
homeless people in Australia aged over 55. Severe housing stress is a key
contributing to those homelessness figures.
It’s easy to blame older Australians for causing, or exacerbating, the housing
crisis. But doing so ignores the fact that right now, our housing system is
badly failing many older people too."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
