Research Area: Housing, older people, ageing, Australia 

Research team: Faulkner, D., Sharam, A., James, A., Tually, S. and Barrie, H.  

Overview

This Inquiry investigates how to provide a more differentiated and diversified housing system that better caters to the needs of precariously housed, older individuals. Drawing on national and international evidence and through broad consultation with the sector and older people, this project will help inform policy and practice. 

This Inquiry was designed as a set of four nesting intersecting projects. 

Faulkner, D., Sharam, A., James, A., Tually, S. and Barrie, H. (forthcoming 2023) Inquiry into housing policies and practices for precariously housed older Australians, AHURI Final Report, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne. 

Project A: Barrie, H., Cebulla, A., Lange, J., Faulkner, D. and Sharam, A. (forthcoming 2023) Mapping where older low-income renters live, AHURI Report, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne. 

Project B: Tually, S., Coram, V., Faulkner, D., Barrie, H., Sharam, A., James, A., Lowies, B., Bevin, K., Webb, E., Hodgson, H. and Cebulla, A. (2022) Alternative housing models for precariously housed older Australians, AHURI Final Report No. 378, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne 

Read the Project B report

Project C: James, A., Crowe, A., Tually, S., Faulkner, D., Sharam, A., Cebulla, A., Hodgson, H., Webb, E., Coram, V., Singh, R., Barrie, H. and Bevin, K. (2022) Housing aspirations for precariously housed older Australians, AHURI Final Report No. 390, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne.

Read the Project C report