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We’re having children seven years later, getting married is eight years later, buying homes nine years later, and increasingly retiring without them. Shutterstock

November 24, 2019

We’re delaying major life events, and our retirement income system hasn’t caught up

Josh Frydenberg’s review of the retirement income system will have to consider the growing hole caused by our decisions to delay buying homes for longer and longer.

Increasing numbers of older Australians face a harder time paying the bills when they retire because they’ll still be paying off a mortgage or renting a home. Art_Photo/Shutterstock

August 26, 2019

Fall in ageing Australians’ home‑ownership rates looms as seismic shock for housing policy

Rachel Ong ViforJ, Curtin University; Gavin Wood, RMIT University; Melek Cigdem-Bayram, RMIT University, and Silvia Salazar, Curtin University

People over 65 who still have a mortgage or are renting are projected to double in number by 2031. The trend is likely to hit government budgets and leave more retirees in poverty.

Half a million Australians aged 50 and over lost their homes in the first decade of this century. Shutterstock

June 11, 2019

More of us are retiring with mortgage debts. The implications are huge

Rachel Ong ViforJ, Curtin University and Gavin Wood, RMIT University

47% of Australians aged 55-64 have mortgage debt, up from 14% in 1990.

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Rachel Ong ViforJ
John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University
Gavin Wood
Emeritus Professor of Housing and Housing Studies, RMIT University
Silvia Salazar
Research fellow, Curtin University
Rafal Chomik
Senior Research Associate, International Centre for Future Health Systems, UNSW, UNSW
Melek Cigdem-Bayram
Ronald Henderson Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne

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