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
Ageing in a Housing Crisis Session at Victorian Homelessness Conference
HAAG is presenting this session as part of the Victorian Homelessness Conference. …
Posted in: Events, Campaigns, Federal Campaigns, Victoria
Statements and Rants
In a special double-Fiona episode, Shane and Fiona are joined by Fiona 2.0 to discuss some events HAAG is running as part of this year’s Seniors Festival – retirement housing, quilting and more. Then we talk about the Andrews Government’s recent Housing Statement, including some faint praise and a short list of okay announcements before… …
A state of disrepair – is Public Housing being left to rot?
A HAAG member and Public Housing Tenant reports from the front line of the Public Housing situation …
Posted in: News Updates, Public Housing, Campaigns, Victoria
Retain, Repair, Reinvest
Shane and Fiona talk to Simon Robinson, managing director of not-for-profit research firm Office about their recently release reports to Retain, Repair and Reinvest in the Ascot Vale and Barack Beacon public housing estates, rather than demolishing them and giving them to private developers.You can find the reports here: https://office.org.au/ …
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Public Housing Front Line
Fiona and Shane talk to Kerrie Byrne from the Save Public Housing Collective and Public Housing Front Line about the state of public housing in Victoria and their planned rally at the Ministers office, calling for action on the backlog of repairs and maintenance, the “embargo” on rent rebates and complaints. …
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Rally for Public and Social Housing Tenants
Demanding to: Repair our Homes! Safety for all Residents! Mould is not OK! Justice and Human Rights for all! Outside the Minister for Housing’s Office …
Posted in: Events, Community Housing, Public Housing, Campaigns, Victoria
Residential Parks Roundtable Report Back
In August, HAAG and the Office of the Commissioner for Residential Tenancies co-hosted a roundtable for residential park residents. We wanted to bring residents from many different parks together to compare their experiences and see what is working and what isn’t for them, and what issues do they have in common. …
Posted in: News Updates, Residential Parks, Retirement Housing, Campaigns, Victoria
Victorian State Election 2022 – Making Our Voices Heard
The housing crisis for older people in Victoria is getting worse. Every day, HAAG’s Home at Last service is receiving calls for help from older people across the state facing eviction or struggling to pay rent. It is time to act. We are calling on the Victorian Government to urgently address the housing crisis facing… …
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Residential Parks Roundtable
Do you live in a residential park in Victoria? We want to hear from you! What needs to change to make residential parks work better for older renters? This will be an opportunity for the Commissioner for Residential Tenancies and other policy-makers to hear directly from residents about the good and bad in this type… …
Posted in: Events, Residential Parks, Retirement Housing, Campaigns, Victoria
Retirement Housing and Ombudsman Online Information Session
Information session for all residents of retirement housing types including retirement villages, residential parks, lifestyle villages, rental villages, independent living units about the need for a specific, timely, free, accessible and binding dispute resolution service for all retirement housing residents, as well as other information on fair fees, management training and simplified contracting. …
Posted in: Events, Retirement Housing, Campaigns, Victoria
Renewal or Ruin?: Barack Beacon Public Housing
Fiona talks to Margaret Kelly, long-time public housing resident of Barack Beacon estate in Port Melbourne which has recently and unexpectedly been slated for “renewal” by the State Government. Shocked residents are fighting back about what they see as the destruction of their close-knit community to make way for gentrification of the area. …
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Public Housing Watch – what’s really going on with public housing “renewal”
Fiona, Shane and Pam speak to David Kelly from Save Public Housing about their new website Public Housing Watch, which is keeping an eye on the public housing renewal developments. So far lots of public housing has been demolished, but not much has been rebuilt, casting doubt on the Big Housing Build announcement.See the website… …
Posted in: Podcasts, Public Housing, Campaigns, Victoria