Elderly could breathe new life into state housesSUPPLIED Architecture PhD candidate Fatemeh Yavari thinks her research could help ease New Zealand's housing shortage while improving the lives of the elderly. Yavari's life cycle energy analysis found new life could be breathed into the state home. READ MORE:* Elderly flatties* Malls stave off elderly loneliness* More elderly living alone* 1 in 5 elderly lonelyYavari's architect husband Iman Khajehzad contributed to the study, and Victoria University's Brenda Vale also contributed to the analysis. The cornerstone of New Zealand's world-first cradle-to-grave social welfare system, single-storey state houses built in the 1940s and 1960s, were studied. SUPPLIED Between the 1940s and 1960s thousands of robust, single-storey Kiwi state houses were built (file photo).

Source: Stuff February 20, 2018 07:07 UTC