Expensive and in bad shape: how housing precarity makes life hard for older Australians

By Piret Veeroja, Research Fellow, Housing, Homelessness and Urban Studies (HHAUS) Research Group, Swinburne University of Technology
Margaret Reynolds, Senior Research Fellow, Housing, Homelessness & Urban Studies (HHAUS) research group, Swinburne University of Technology
Wendy Stone, Professor of Housing & Social Policy, HHAUS Housing, Homelessness & Urban Studies, Swinburne University of Technology

A new report shows insecure and unaffordable housing among older Australians affects their health and finances, with private renters and women most exposed.

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