Working towards improving housing security for older women in South Australia.
Older women are one of the fastest growing populations experiencing homelessness in Australia, and South Australia. To curb this trend the State Government established the Housing Security for Older Women Taskforce.
Guided by lived experience and co-design with government and non-government representatives, the Taskforce drew on a range of methods to identify preventative and responsive approaches to address older women's housing security.
On 7 September 2023, the Taskforce provided the Minister for Human Services with a recommendation report for improving the housing security of older women in South Australia.
The recommendations included in the report, highlight that addressing housing insecurity is broader than just government responses and action. Requiring government, non-government and the broader South Australian community to invest in initiatives that improve housing security for older South Australian women.
The full report, and a summary version, are available below:
