Single women excluded from housing market

We all know about the difficulty Gen Y and Millennials face entering the housing market, but they aren’t the only ones stuck in rentals.

Single women and people who have had redundancies also don’t have the savings to enter the market.

So what does this mean for people who are still renting as they approach retirement?

Story features:

– Dr Andrea Sharam research fellow in the faculty of Health, Arts and Design at Swinburne University

– Jason Murphy, Economist and publisher at ‘Thomas the Think Engine’

Executive Producer: Roderick Chambers

Image: ‘Sydney Houses’ by Dennis Goedegebuure on Flickr

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