Recent publications

No. 134: Age-specific housing for low to moderate-income older people

This positioning paper provides the context for a multidisciplinary research project on age-specific housing and care for low to medium-income older people. The research project draws on the collaborative expertise of academic researchers in the social science, health, economics, and architectural fields. The project seeks to answer the following questions: What age-specific accommodation options are available to older people? What sort of care component do they offer to consumers? To what extent can low to moderate-income earners access these options?

No. 131: Housing assistance, social inclusion and people with disabilities

The election of the Labor Government to office in 2007 has heralded a number of changes in the focus of public policy in Australia. Paramount among these changes has been a renewed focus on three key areas: housing, disability and social inclusion, and the interconnectedness of, and interrelationships between, these three, and other policy spheres. Accordingly significant policy innovation has occurred with respect to these areas of public policy, supported by a range of new national policies, as well as reforms to state and Commonwealth financial relations. The research is an important area of investigation at the current time, particularly given the dearth of literature on the role that housing and housing assistance plays in facilitating and supporting the economic and social participation of people with disabilities.

No. 133: Housing needs of asset-poor older Australians: other countries' policy initiatives and their implications for Australia

This Positioning Paper is the first output of a project that explores the housing options and actual housing circumstances of asset-poor older Australians. The overall aim of the project is to provide evidence to Australian policy makers confronted with the issue of asset-poor older Australians who may not be able to spend their retirement years as appropriately and securely housed self-funded retirees.

Issue 130: Housing, support and care for older Australians: the role of service integrated housing

Forms of service integrated housing—such as retirement villages—have been developed by the community and private sectors to provide housing, support and care for older people in Australia. Is there a need for a more hands-on role for government in directing, shaping and expanding service integrated housing?