Will Planning Departments recognise the role that seniors’ housing can play in solving the housing crisis – or is red tape here to stay for developers?

Retirement living is Australia’s greatest form of affordable housing – but it is also the most unsupported housing sector in the country. Does the sector need to change the way it advocates to Government?

Historically, seniors’ housing has been the ‘poor cousin’ in terms of advocacy – the Property Council of Australia has always pushed for shopping centres and retail over retirement villages and aged care.

The Executive Director of the Retirement Living Council (RLC), Daniel Ganno