Middle aged Australians taking drastic measures to crack into housing market | ABC News

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Housing peak body National Shelter has estimated 440,000 older households will be unable to find or afford suitable housing as one Gold Coast man moves back in with his ageing Mum in the hopes of buying locally. #ABCNewsQld by Emily Dobson Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/qld-gold-coast-older-buyers-move-home-save/107024338 Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia #ABCNewsQueensland #ABCNewsQld

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