Only a small proportion of housing is affordable for low-income earners, while people on Newstart or Youth Allowance don’t have any affordable options at all.
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For the increasing proportion of people living in private rental accommodation who can expect to be dependent on the age pension, the prospects of financial and housing insecurity are grim.
Income poverty statistics tell us relatively little about why Australian children live in poverty, or how to alleviate it. But housing plays a critical part in the problem.
Without long-term solutions to the imbalance between incomes and house prices, Gen Ys face a lifetime of renting without the financial and emotional security of home ownership.
Australia’s housing stock is not meeting the demands of older Australians, according to a new report.
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Lecturer in GIS and Planning, Griffith University
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Professor of Housing Research, Adelaide University
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Professor of Housing & Social Policy, HHAUS Housing, Homelessness & Urban Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Urban Management & Planning, Griffith University
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Professor of Social Epidemiology and Director of the Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Emeritus Professor of Urban Policy, The New School
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Adjunct associate, Swinburne University of Technology
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University
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Honorary Research Fellow, School of Social and Cultural Studies, The University of Western Australia
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Emeritus Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Sydney
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PhD Candidate, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania, and Senior Research Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor in Architecture, Adelaide University
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Professor of English, University of Virginia
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Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney