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Housing tenure and the health of older Australians dependent on the age pension for their income

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The article examines how the housing tenure of older Australians, who are primarily or solely dependent on the government age pension for their income, impacts on their health. Drawing on 125 in-depth interviews with older private renters, social housing tenants and homeowners, it focuses mainly on interviewees’ narratives as to the impacts of their housing tenure on their mental health and outlook. It illustrates that security of tenure and cost of accommodation potentially has a profound impact on the psychological health of older Australians. Most of the older private renters told of being constantly stressed due to concerns about being given notice to vacate or an untenable rent increase. In contrast, the strong security of tenure and limited accommodation costs of older social housing tenants and homeowners created a foundation for a positive outlook and the capacity to lead a decent life.

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  • Alan Morris, 2018. "Housing tenure and the health of older Australians dependent on the age pension for their income," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(1), pages 77-95, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:33:y:2018:i:1:p:77-95
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2017.1344202
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    1. Melanie Davern & Rachel Winterton & Kathleen Brasher & Geoff Woolcock, 2020. "How Can the Lived Environment Support Healthy Ageing? A Spatial Indicators Framework for the Assessment of Age-Friendly Communities," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(20), pages 1-20, October.
    2. Peng Nie & Yan Li & Lanlin Ding & Alfonso Sousa-Poza, 2021. "Housing Poverty and Healthy Aging in China: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(18), pages 1-20, September.
    3. Maalsen, Sophia & Wolifson, Peta & Rogers, Dallas & Nelson, Jacqueline & Buckle, Caitlin, 2021. "Understanding discrimination effects in private rental housing," SocArXiv jdycg, Center for Open Science.
    4. James, Amity & Crowe, Adam & Tually, Selina & Sharam, Andrea & Faulkner, Debbie & Cebulla, Andreas & Hodgson, Helen & Webb, Eileen & Coram, Veronica & Singh, Ranjodh, 2022. "Housing aspirations of precariously housed older Australians," SocArXiv 2t6xs, Center for Open Science.

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