Helping homeless women

Housing for women over 55

Leanie Hore, Natasha Odgers and Viki Blaik

Glass Housing 55 is a new initiative in Glasshouse Country focusing on housing homeless women aged over 55, who are a growing demographic in our community.

This group of women are almost invisible. They don’t self-identify as homeless or in housing stress but they tend to move frequently, couch surf, house sit, sleep in their vehicles or go into unstable share situations.

Women over 55 become homeless due to a range of reasons including spousal death, separation or divorce, domestic violence, mental ill health or family breakdown.

Glass Housing 55 aims to develop a pilot model for a collective of housing to provide long term stability and community inclusion.

The new community group will meet on Friday, September 27 at 10am at the Celebrate Glasshouse Country office, which is downstairs in the Landsborough School of Arts Memorial Hall.

People interested in being part of a local solution to this housing issue and those who may have knowledge and skills to offer, such as approaches to government, are encouraged to come along.

Please contact Viki Blaik on vikblik@gmail.com.