Manufactured Home Estates As affordable retirement housing in Australia: drivers, growth and spatial distribution

Towart, LC; Ruming, K

Manufactured Home Estates As affordable retirement housing in Australia: drivers, growth and spatial distribution

Towart, LC Ruming, K

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Publisher:: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Australian Geographer, 2022, 53, (2), pp. 149-166
Issue Date:: 2022-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Towart, LC
dc.contributor.author	Ruming, K
dc.date.accessioned	2022-11-17T06:06:50Z
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dc.date.issued	2022-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Australian Geographer, 2022, 53, (2), pp. 149-166
dc.identifier.issn	0004-9182
dc.identifier.issn	1465-3311
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dc.description.abstract	Manufactured Home Estates (MHEs) are an increasingly popular type of housing for older Australians. MHEs are similar to caravan parks where an operator owns the land, and the resident owns their (technically relocatable) dwelling and pays site rent. Residents are both owners and tenants, with many receiving the age pension, or other benefits, and are entitled to receive Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA). We examine three interrelated processes encouraging the growth of MHEs as specialised housing for older Australians. First, CRA payments are promoted by operators as a form of government support that improves the affordability of MHE living, while also contributing to their own financial returns. Second, the location of properties developed by operators is in response to demand from Australia’s ageing population. Third, and related, new supply in coastal locations drives amenity retirement migration, where older people relocate to locations of natural amenity. Using data on CRA payments to residents in MHEs and permanent residents in caravan parks reveals the geographic distribution of this form of housing for older Australians.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
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dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/00049182.2022.2072056
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dc.subject.classification	Geography
dc.title	Manufactured Home Estates As affordable retirement housing in Australia: drivers, growth and spatial distribution
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Abstract:

Manufactured Home Estates (MHEs) are an increasingly popular type of housing for older Australians. MHEs are similar to caravan parks where an operator owns the land, and the resident owns their (technically relocatable) dwelling and pays site rent. Residents are both owners and tenants, with many receiving the age pension, or other benefits, and are entitled to receive Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA). We examine three interrelated processes encouraging the growth of MHEs as specialised housing for older Australians. First, CRA payments are promoted by operators as a form of government support that improves the affordability of MHE living, while also contributing to their own financial returns. Second, the location of properties developed by operators is in response to demand from Australia’s ageing population. Third, and related, new supply in coastal locations drives amenity retirement migration, where older people relocate to locations of natural amenity. Using data on CRA payments to residents in MHEs and permanent residents in caravan parks reveals the geographic distribution of this form of housing for older Australians.

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