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CSO housing data shows older people’s housing needs are heading for a crisis, says ALONE
Number of private renters aged 65+ has doubled since 2011, according to latest Census results

‘Declining home ownership is a clear and present danger of poverty for people’
Already, more than 1 in 4 social housing applicants are aged…

“We are heading towards generation after generation experiencing preventable housing issues that are already worsening today.”
Meeting the Housing needs and alternative housing solutions for older people now, will help solve the current issues and future-proof our housing stock for everyone for tomorrow.

ALONE makes an appeal to safeguard security and supports surrounding housing for older people
The organisation is concerned of the increasing lack of suitable housing options and opportunities for our older people.




Increase in the number older people struggling financially as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic ALONE Call on Government to take action
ALONE, the organisation which supports older people, is calling…




ALONE Cautiously Welcomes Policy Framework Document issued by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael
ALONE, the organisation which supports older people, while welcoming…



ALONE call for focused Government support of older people as Budget 2019 is released
Charity for older people responds to Budget 2019



ALONE call for greater housing options for older people as Land Development Agency is launched
ALONE welcome launch of Land Development Agency but urge that housing options for older people are carefully considered.


ALONE celebrates opening of 11 new apartments for older people at risk of homelessness
Charity for older people welcomes new tenants to refurbished homes


ALONE report calls on the Oireachtas to take action to prevent a housing crisis for older people
ALONE, the charity that supports older people to age at home, is calling on the Oireachtas to provide €84.5m a year over the next 10 years in the form of home adaptation grants and to develop an additional 122,000 units of housing for older people.