Granny flats

![CDATA[This chapter examines the issues of granny flats as an accommodation option for older Australians. Among the issues which impact on the topic of granny flats are the changes in the demographic profile of Australian residents, including age parents; the reliance of many older Australians on social security; the impact of a granny flat arrangement on the age person; the reasons why a granny flat arrangement may have an appeal to both generations involved in the arrangement; the advantages and disadvantages of the arrangement; the value of real estate in the major cities and the casualisation of the workforce leading as it does to an inability of younger family members purchasing a home, without support from the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ and the role of the lawyer advising on these transaction.]]