An enduring inequality? Investigating the persistence of housign insecuirty for older women

This thesis operationalises Charles Tilly's general set of conceptual explanations for Durable Inequality (DI) (1998), to see to what extent and how DI can explain the historical persistence of housing insecurity among older women from Australia's colonial beginnings. The analysis illuminates the ways social organisation, relational networks and conceptions of time (Braudel [1969] 1980] relate to the distribution of valued resources which have historical antecedents and contribute to housing insecurity. In particular, time appears to be significant in holding durable inequality in place and has yet to be systematically addressed to achieve housing security for all, including a subgroup of older women.