Fixing Older People’s Housing in the Victorian Election Campaign
Victorians are going to the polls in November 2026, and there has never been a better time to keep housing for older people on the agenda. HAAG has developed an election platform that priorises older people’s housing. Read about what we are asking candidates to commit to and get involved in the election campaign here …Posted in: News Updates, Campaigns, Take Action, Victoria
Submission to the ‘Plan for Victoria’
HAAG makes a number of recommendations to ensure the ‘Plan for Victoria’ addresses the future needs of older people to have access to safe, secure and affordable housing. Read our submission …
Posted in: Submissions, Campaigns, Victoria
Housing Forum at Victorian Parliament House
Some stills from the action at last weeks forum at the Victorian Parliament, with older people who’ve lived through homelessness, researchers, advocates and community members asking our politicians for more action to improve housing options and prevent more older people becoming homeless. Photos by Guruswamy Perumal View info about this event: Older People’s Housing Forum …
Posted in: Galleries, Campaigns, Victoria
Older people’s housing forum at Victorian parliament
Improving housing options and preventing homelessness for a growing number of older people at risk of or experiencing homelessness as they age will be discussed today when Ministers, housing experts and people with lived experience of the housing crisis come together at Victorian parliament. …
Posted in: Media Releases, Public Housing, Retirement Housing, Campaigns, Victoria
East Gippsland Social and Affordable housing submission
East Gippsland Social and Affordable housing submission …
Posted in: Submissions, Community Housing, Campaigns, Victoria
HAAG’s position on plans to demolish 44 Public Housing Towers
Public housing is an appropriate housing option for older people, as rents are capped at 25% of income, and it provides security of tenure. In September 2023, the Victorian Government announced plans to “retire and redevelop” the public housing towers over the coming decades. …
Posted in: Reports, Submissions, Public Housing, Campaigns, Victoria
HAAG member event in Seymour
The HAAG Committee of Management invites you to a member event in Seymour! …
Posted in: Events, Community Education, Federal Campaigns, Victoria
Budget Breakdown
Fiona and Shane are joined by Dini to talk about whats in the Federal and Victorian budget for older people. The answer is not much. …
Posted in: Podcasts, Campaigns, Federal Campaigns, Victoria
Fixing Housing for Older People in Victoria
HAAG has delivered a set of policy asks on the Victorian Government in order to increase the supply of appropriate housing for older people who do not own their own homes, improve the lives of older people, support older people to navigate the housing system. …
Posted in: News Updates, Campaigns, Victoria
Victoria Pre-budget Submission 2024-2025
HAAG calls on the governement to respond to older people’s specific needs by expanding the Home at Last service to be a state-wide service, increasing funding for tenancy advice for older people, increasing funding for early intervention and prevention, and funding the delivery of a service to assist older women to access a broader range… …
Posted in: Submissions, Campaigns, Victoria
Older People's Housing at the Victorian Homelessness Conference
Shane and Fiona hear from speakers at the Victorian Homelessness Conference, held at Melbourne Town Hall late last year. Vera Considine talks about her experience of precarious housing as an older woman, and Peter Sibly talks about his plans for the Footscray Lions Village co-operative for older women. …
Posted in: Podcasts, Client Stories, Cohousing & Housing Cooperatives, Campaigns, Victoria
Victorian Inquiry recommends building 60,000 new social homes and starts an important conversation about what ‘affordable housing’ really means
Building 60,000 new social housing homes, an improved definition of ‘affordable housing’, tackling discrimination in the private rental market, and improving security of tenure are recommendations from the Inquiry into the Rental and Housing Affordability Crisis in Victoria that will help protect older Victorians from homelessness. …
Posted in: News Updates, Public Housing, Campaigns, Victoria
Not even stagnating: renters rights and the Victorian Housing Statement
Shane and Reuben talk to Louisa Bassini, the Acting Director of Legal Practice at Inner Melbourne Community Legal, about the Victorian government’s recent Housing Statement, focusing on the government’s plans to demolish all the city’s public housing highrises and what that means for current public housing tenants. We also talk more broadly about renters rights… …
Posted in: Podcasts, Public Housing, Renter's rights, Campaigns, Victoria