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It will take more than piecemeal reforms to convince older Australians to downsize

  • Written by The Conversation
imageThe cost of downsizing puts many older Australians off.Sunflowerey/Shutterstock

Many older Australians are living in larger dwellings than they need after their adult children leave the family home. The 2011-12 ABS Survey of Income and Housing shows households aged 55 and over are more than twice as likely to have three or more spare bedrooms in...

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