An emerging pocket of disadvantage on public and social policy radars comprises single senior women who for a variety of reasons (family & partnership failure, gender pay gap and employment interruptions, career choice, etc) find themselves unable to adequately provide for or contribute to their retirement. To avoid further exploitation of this population by market or other circumstances, this motion calls on the ACT Government to develop a public programme for community based/community operated accommodation options for single senior low income senior women.
General Resolution
Some ACT senior women fall through the cracks in Supported Housing
ACT Labor calls on the ACT Government undertake a programme of providing community based/community operated accommodation for single senior low income women within the term of the next government.