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Housing Champions speaking up about older people’s homelessness this election
HAAGs Housing Champions have been busy engaging with candidates across the state and across the political spectrum. Labor, Liberal, Greens, Victorian Socialists and independent candidates have all taken the time to hear more about the housing issues facing older people, and HAAGs solutions to ensure every older person has a secure, affordable home. We’re heartened by the genuine interest shown …Posted in: News Updates, Campaigns, Victoria
May General Meeting
Our May General meeting agenda was packed, with a guest speaker from Consumer Affairs Victoria, Volunteer Celebrations, Victorian & Federal Budget breakdown, and updates on the Older Person’s High Rise Redevelopment and Housing Champions program. If you missed it hope you can come along next time. Thanks to Guruswamy Perumal for the photos. …Posted in: Membership
HAAG Drag bingo!
We had a lovely night out at Drag Bingo for Housing Justice, hosted by Miss Bobby Pin and our fabulous LGBTIQA+ reference group, promoting awareness of older people’s housing needs in the community and having a great time doing it – we received some lovely feedback from the players too! Thanks to DFFH for supporting this event through the Pride …Posted in: LGBTQIA+
February General Meeting
Our February General Meeting was led by our LGBTIQA+ working group. The meeting fell on World Social Justice day so we displayed posters to mark the occassion! View info about this event: February General Meeting …Posted in: Membership
Murchison and Rushworth Visit by regional team
Our regional team regularly visit the Murchison Neighbourhood House and the Rushworth Community Centre. This time they were joined by their managers from Melbourne, come to see the great work they do in reaching people at risk of homelessness in small rural towns across north-central regional Victoria. Find out more about our work in regional Victoria View info about this event: …Posted in: North Central Victoria
Midsumma Carnival 2026
Members of our LGBTIQA+ older people’s working group, staff and our sponsors from Liberty Finance volunteered at a HAAG stall as part of the Midsumma Carnival. This is our sixth year attending the event, and is a great opportunity for us to chat about housing options. We were excited to be sporting our new t-shirts – Housing for older LGBTIQA+ …Posted in: LGBTQIA+
AGM 2025
At our 2025 AGM our photographer Guruswamy Perumal was presented with a life membership, we looked back at the growth of HAAG over the last year, and elected new members to our Committee of Management. …Posted in: Membership
Seniors Festival Celebration
A wonderful celebration of HAAG, our members, clients and advocacy on the first day of the Victorian Seniors Festival for 2025. It was an honour to receive a welcome to country at the Koorie Heritage Trust. Photos by Guruswamy Perumal View info about this event: Celebrating over 40 years of housing advocacy at the Seniors Festival …Posted in: Membership
August General Meeting
Some sweet snaps from our General Meeting by the wonderful Guru. We marked the 100th person housed by our North Central Victorian team and celebrated with soup served by staff. Always a lovely time, make sure to become a member and come along next time. …
February General Meeting
Our February General Meeting was well attended with a full room as well as zoomers from around the country. Sophie Ember from Sweltering Cities spoke about how heat disproportionately affects older renters, we had updates about our federal election campaigns, the privatisation of Victoria’s Public Housing towers, and our response to Victoria’s new Retirement Housing regulations. Photos by Guruswamy Perumal. …Posted in: Membership
Midsumma Carnival 2025
HAAG volunteers and staff attended Midsumma Carnival, sharing a stall with our friends at Switchboard. It was a great day out connecting with older people in the LGBTQIA+ community and introducing them to our LGBTQIA+ community reference group, an enthusiastic and friendly bunch of volunteers working hard to promote HAAG’s services and advocate for older LGBTQIA+ people at risk of …Posted in: LGBTQIA+
CALD Community Voices Forum
HAAG’s community educators, staff, members and volunteers came together for this meeting about how we can continue and improve our outreach into Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities around Victoria. Photos by a previous CALD working group volunteerand legend, Guruswamy Perumal. View info about this event: CALD Community Voices Forum and Lunch …Posted in: Multicultural & Multifaith Communities, Community Education