00:02By the time she reached her 70s, this renter had hoped her home would be more than a roof over
00:07her head.
00:08I applied continually for rentals and I kept getting knockbacks after knockbacks all the time and I think in the
00:21end I just cried.
00:23This small outer suburban duplex is less than ideal but all she can afford alone on the private market.
00:28She fears another rent rise will mean moving in with family.
00:32Basically, I'm paying nearly all my pension in rent and then I go, gee, how do I feed myself?
00:40Single, older women are a growing group at high risk of experiencing housing distress.
00:45Often people are living invisibly, couch surfing, doing all sorts of things, living in vans, living in cars, keeping themselves
00:55invisible.
00:55A lack of affordable housing means a single person may struggle to find something they can rent or buy on
01:01one income.
01:02Experts warn those medium density homes which would suit those types of households simply aren't being delivered quickly enough.
01:10That doesn't typically stack up as much in terms of the profitability and then into the mix of that of
01:15course is the whole politics around it in some neighbourhoods as well.
01:19With supply constrained, the pressure's only intensifying.
01:2315 years ago, I'd find that probably half or maybe say 30 to 40% of their expenses was housing
01:31and now it's just getting higher.
01:32A bleak outlook for those already feeling the squeeze.
01:35A bleak outlook for those already feeling the squeeze.
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01:37years after being created, is that free of a
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