Retirement villages are:
1. A key part of the solution to the challenge of ensuring theres enough housing for older Australians, at prices they can afford
2. An ideal market solution to social problems faced by older Australians
3. Places where people want to live a prime example of ageing in place
4. More cost-efficient hubs for delivery of in-home care and health care than other models
5. A huge saving for governments on the cost of alternative types of accommodation with services for older Australians
6. A way to free up housing supply, and allow demand to better match supply
ATO plans to charge GST on manufactured home parks scrapped
A concerted effort by the Residents Association of manufactured home parks has headed off the ATO which had planned to impose GST in mobile homes. This would have added 10% to the cost of the purchase of a home