The over-65 demographic is projected to increase by more than 40 percent over the next nine years.
But new research out of the University of Otago shows fewer and fewer of those people own their own homes - and given spiralling rents and pressures on public housing, the problem will only grow unless it's addressed soon.
Dr Helen Roberts talks to Wallace about the growing gap between homeowners and renters, and how that can be addressed.
Elderly couple Photo: 123.rf
