Cristina Andrei has no family members in Australia. But the 33-year-old from Romania has found a new grandfather thanks to a home-sharing scheme that pairs elderly homeowners who live alone with younger people struggling with housing affordability.Jean Dubourdieu and Cristina Andrei at their home-share in Sydney.
Ms Andrei pays about $125 a week to share Mr Dubourdieu’s home, with the cost comprising $100 to cover the costs of running the program and $25 for utilities. Ms Kestermann said the program has flow-on effects to the wider community, including keeping older people in their homes for longer and out of aged care."I do think we’re less connected to our physical neighbourhoods and we’ve become more focused on productivity - those informal things like connecting with our neighbours, we’re not doing that as much. I think it's a shame," she said.
Alister Henskens, Minister Families, Communities and Disability Services, said the program is beneficial to the wider community.
So we want to keep old people in really large homes much longer while younger families struggle to afford the same house that is designed for them….I thought we had a housing under supply problem?
This is going to end very bad
Need to be so careful with this
How does Centrelink view this in relation to the income and assets tests?
Great initiative by NSW government, win win situation for young and old alike
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