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Wendy Morris’s activism is based on her lived experience of being a renter for many years, across a range of housing types. From private rentals to housing co-ops and residential parks and now in a retirement village, Wendy’s housing journey has finally achieved housing security but with many rocky bumps along the way. Wendy now reaches out to those in power to demand that action be taken to ensure all older people have the right to age-in-place.

This is a special podcast for Homelessness Week 2026 focusing on the experiences of two older people.

Lillian has rented her private rental housing for 18 years. Whilst living with great dignity and creativity, her home is hot in summer and cold in winter, with minimal appliances and amenities. Yet asking for repairs or improvements is fraught with the fear of the landlord increasing her rent or serving her an eviction notice.

Len James is 76 years old and he tells a harrowing story of sleeping rough for two years and using strategies to survive before obtaining social housing and creating a successful arts projects supporting homeless people.