This report identifies emerging policy and management issues for public housing providers and for Commonwealth and state/territory governments as older people in public housing seek to age in place.At the 2001 Census, 102,735 older persons (aged 65 years or more) were housed in 87,940 public housing dwellings; nearly all (82 percent) were living alone or...

Sean McNelis argues that financial crises are endemic to Australian public housing and that public housing managers cannot trade-off affordability for financial viability. He concludes his analysis by proposing a solution to the current financial crisis.

There is an emerging crisis within housing for older persons, a crisis which will primarily affect older renters but would also include some owner-occupiers with very low valued houses. Sean McNelis looks at the role of independent living units in the future of aged housing.

Final report of a research project by Sean McNelis examining Independent Living Units - units provided by not-for-profit organisations and which are targeted at older persons with relatively low incomes and low assets. The project is looking at the significance and status of ILUs as an affordable and appropriate housing option for older people, particularly...

Sean McNelis and Tania Herbert investigate the current status of Independent Living Units, which operate outside current housing and aged care regulatory frameworks, to ascertain how well they are meeting the needs of older people and the issues surrounding the ageing of this form.