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Rent assistance policy for residents of retirement villages
Author(s)	Tony Eardley
Journal title	Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 19.3, August 2000
Pages	pp 130-135
Keywords	Rents [elderly] ; Retirement communities ; Social policy ; Social surveys ; Australia.
Annotation	Findings from a telephone survey of managers of 52 retirement villages in Australia and a postal survey of residents in 49 of these villages did not support the policy rationale that higher entry contributions were correlated with lower ongoing charges. Just over 40% of residents of self-care housing and two-thirds of those in serviced apartments had paid entry contributions low enough for eligibility for rent assistance with their ongoing housing charges. Many were not, however, receiving assistance, mainly because their charges were below the minimum rent threshold. Thus, some residents may be disadvantaged compared with others in similar financial circumstances. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-001204202 A
Classmark	J4: ROA: TM2: 3F: 7YA
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