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Laura Valenti
Laura Valenti
Laura Valenti
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As an active REIQ member and Board Director, I fully support the REIQ’s involvement in the Live Like Her Challenge.
In my role as Principal of an agency managing over 1000 properties throughout the Greater Brisbane region, I am privy to many unfortunate situations of women in the over-55 age group being left homeless due to low supply of rental properties and high rent increases.
I am involved in a ground-breaking project which assists survivors of Domestic Violence to be prioritised into private rental properties, and we have plans to extend this to accepting women in the over-55 cohort. Our agency is also working with social housing organisations to enable early interventions for tenancies that we identify as vulnerable, to help them sustain their tenancies so they are not forced out of the properties and onto the street.
I feel that this Challenge aligns perfectly with what I am trying to achieve through these various community initiatives
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The Forgotten Women
Mangrove Housing is the founder of The Forgotten Women Project, an initiative committed to providing homes to homeless women over 55 years of age - the fastest growing homeless population in Australia today.There are more than 40,000 Queensland women over the age of 55 who are doing it tough - suffering financial hardship driven by rising costs, lack of employment, limited superannuation and a lack of affordable housing options. Across the Greater Brisbane area there are over 600 homeless women over 55 .Alarmingly this figure is predicted to more than double by 2036. The Forgotten Women's mission is to provide fit-for-purpose housing for homeless women over 55 with individually tailored support. Everyone deserves to live with dignity and age securely in place.
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