Lifestyle Communities promise retirees affordable, resort-style living. But some say they’re a ‘financial prison’

Lifestyle Communities promise retirees affordable, resort-style living. But some say they’re a ‘financial prison’

When retired policeman Geoff Gauci packed up his old life and moved to an over-50s gated community on Melbourne’s northern fringe, he pictured his next chapter as peaceful. After spending 36 years investigating shoplifters, drug trafficking, burglary, fraud and deception, it was time for the quiet life. Seduced by promises of low maintenance and resort-style … Read more