ABSTRACT
Building on the discussion about classed privileges of homeownership in Chapter 4, Chapter 11 shows how homeownership shapes meanings of home for Australian baby boomers and grey nomads. Drawing on a study that gathered the perspectives of a small group of baby boomers and grey nomads in South Australia (Burgess, 2018), this chapter discusses aged and classed privileges associated with homeownership, the romanticising of mobility for grey nomads and their sense of returning home after travelling. This chapter draws implications for social workers who are working at building a sense of home for people as they age in local communities and neighbourhoods and includes considerations about ‘ageing in place’, a ‘lock up and leave home’ and the safety of homes and neighbourhoods.
