Losing a partner either through divorce, separation or bereavement poses a serious threat to home ownership, particularly for women, a study funded by the federal government has shown.

Following a separation, there’s a common perception that ‘she’ keeps the house and ‘he’ moves on. Contrary to this belief, it’s actually women who fall out of home ownership more often than men.

One of the key findings from this new study by a team of researchers from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute found that rates of home ownership fell from 69 per cent to below 50 per cent two years following a divorce or separation. [continue reading…]