Dr Faulkner said time was of the essence for lower income older Australians in need of housing.
"Having to stretch that pension to make the ever-increasing rent is pushing more and more older people into homelessness," she said.Homelessness Week runs from August 7–13.The Macedon Ranges Shire is one of the Victorian local government areas with the lowest levels of socio-economic disadvantage. "People are surprised. They say, 'Oh, there's no homelessness in the Macedon Ranges'," Dr Gormley-O'Brien said.
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