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    Housing older Australians: Loss of homeownership and pathways into housing assistance

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    Authors
    Ong, Rachel
    Wood, Gavin
    Colic-Peisker, V.
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Ong, R. and Wood, G. and Colic-Peisker, V. 2015. Housing older Australians: Loss of homeownership and pathways into housing assistance. Urban Studies. 52 (16): pp. 2979-3000.
    Source Title
    Urban Studies
    DOI
    10.1177/0042098014550955
    ISSN
    0042-0980
    School
    John Curtin Institute of Public Policy (JCIPP)
    Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23580
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    In Australia and other ‘homeownership societies’ it has been conventional to think of housing pathways in terms of a smooth linear progression, leading to outright ownership in middle age and a retirement buffered by low housing costs. This vision of the welfare role of homeownership is an important buttress of Australian retirement incomes policy. However, this vision has been challenged in recent years as growing numbers of older Australians lose home ownership and consequently transition onto housing assistance programmes. Using Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey data we analyse pathways into housing assistance. A transition model is estimated that specifies older Australians’ pathway to housing assistance status as a function of key socioeconomic and demographic determinants such as wealth and debt, health, marital status, tenure and employment history programmes. We find that those losing home ownership have a higher chance of becoming users of housing assistance programmes than similarly positioned longer-term renters, a result that is particularly evident among ex-owners that are exposed to adverse biographical events. The theoretical implications of our findings for the scholarship on housing pathways are discussed.

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