Share Houses for Seniors

Living in shared accommodation used to be a rite of passage: a stage you went through between living at home with the parentals and buying your own home, but housing stress throughout Queensland, particularly in the south-east corner mean that a new group is entering the ranks of the state’s homeless –women over the age of 55.

Linda Mina, 68, a retired community worker who lives on the Gold Coast, is trying to find a solution to this growing problem through setting up and administrating “Seniors Share Houses” Facebook pages on the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, Northern NSW, Bribie Island, Gympie, Burnett, Hervey Bay and recently in Gladstone.