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dc.contributor.authorColic-Peisker, V.
dc.contributor.authorOng, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorWood, G.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:01:17Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:01:17Z
dc.date.created2015-06-23T20:00:39Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationColic-Peisker, V. and Ong, R. and Wood, G. 2015. Asset poverty, precarious housing and ontological security in older age: an Australian case study. International Journal of Housing Policy. 15 (2): pp. 167-186.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27806
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14616718.2014.984827
dc.description.abstract

Over two-thirds of Australians are owner-occupiers and a majority of the population holds most of their wealth in housing. Australian taxation privileges homeowners and retirement income policy is built around the assumption that state pensions can be kept low because an overwhelming majority of olderAustralians are outright homeowners and therefore have a considerable asset base and low housing costs post-retirement, a situation often referred to as ‘wealthfare’. However, ageing of the population and falling housing affordability mean that the number of asset-poor older Australians unable to rely on‘wealthfare’ lifetime renters or those who drop out of homeownership is likely to grow in the future. In this paper we look at housing career pathways into precarious housing in older age, its impact on older Australians’ ontological security and coping strategies as they grapple with the housing circumstancesthat typically accompany asset poverty. Based on 30 interviews conducted with older Australians, the paper reports qualitative findings from a mixed methods research project conducted in Melbourne in 2009 - 2010.

dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.subjectasset poverty
dc.subjectprecarious housing
dc.subjectontological security
dc.subjectolder people
dc.subjecthomeownership
dc.subjectAustralia
dc.titleAsset poverty, precarious housing and ontological security in older age: an Australian case study
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume15
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.startPage167
dcterms.source.endPage186
dcterms.source.issn1949-1247
dcterms.source.titleInternational Journal of Housing Policy
curtin.departmentJohn Curtin Institute of Public Policy (JCIPP)
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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