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Older women often rent in poverty – shared home equity could help some escape

  • Written by Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
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Many older Australian women face insecure futures. Those who are single, divorced or widowed are much more likely to suffer poverty, housing stress and homelessness.

Our new Grattan Institute proposal for a national shared equity scheme could help many escape that fate.

Single women who rent rather than own their homes are at...

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