Queensland is facing a surge in older women forced into homelessness with one in five homeless now aged 55 and over and tens of thousands of others facing housing stress. Mission Australia said there has been a 65 per cent increase in homelessness for older Queensland women aged between 65 and 74 and that the current rental squeeze was leaving even more people worried about keeping a roof over their head. Mission Australia s Fiona Terry said she had never seen such a tight rental market in Brisbane and said those most at risk of being turfed out were the older women reaching out to her at a growing rate.
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