Reports on older renters

Ageing In Place: Home and Housing for Australia's Older Renters

Anglicare, 2022.

This report is a useful overview of the state of housing for older people in Australia and the policy reforms that are needed to make a real difference.

Mapping Australia's Older Low Income Renters

AHURI 2023

This research provides a geographic and demographic picture of low-income renters in Australia aged 50+, as the basis to find effective solutions to the challenges of population ageing and housing needsd in the 21st Century.

Ageing Well in Public Housing

This research examines the policy and practice issues raised by increasing demand for public housing among older Australians and how public housing authorities can support older tenants to age well.

Older adults at risk of non-supported housing precarity: conceptualisation and enumeration

Homeownership has long been a cornerstone of Australia’s retirement policy yet is under strain. A financialised housing market and population ageing leaves more people facing retirement with mortgage debt or reliance on the private rental sector.

A housing crisis is unfolding for many older people

In the National Seniors Social Survey in 2023, housing affordability, security, and options to age in place were all pressing issues for older Australians.

Understanding trajectories into private rental housing in older age

In Australia it is presumed that home ownership protects older low income people from housing stress and poverty. However, increasing numbers of older people rent privately.

Women's life course and precarious housing in older age

In Australia increasing numbers of older women are precariously housed as they live in insecure private rental housing, with a lack of tenure and paying unaffordable rents. Many face homelessness for the first time, in their later years.

Relationships between housing & health for older private renters

The increasing representation of older tenants in the private rental market, with limited resources and precarious tenure highlights the need to understand ageing in place in a privately rented home.