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Poverty and homelessness is a trap for many women. Do you realize that homelessness in retirement is a very real problem for our society?
Australian, Wendy Coe, talks with Ann about how poverty and homelessness is a trap for many women. Wendy knows what happens when you are 50 and homeless as she chooses to work in this ever growing sector. Wendy has survived leaving home at 17 and being a stay at home single mother.
This is a hard hitting episode that is a wake up call to all women.
- 3:00 About Wendy
- 7:30 Older Homeless women over 50 increasing
- 12:30 Lack of suitable single accommodation options
- 16:10 Family support if available
- 19:50 Bias of older women
- 23:00 We need affordable housing solutions
- 26:00 More support needed for these women
- 31:00 Basic financial skills including budgeting needs to be taught in schools
Reach out to Wendy:
Have you listened to the last episode of Retire Well Retire Happy Podcast
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