Reports
Homelessness for Older Aboriginal Women- Student Report
“There has been increasing awareness of the statistics of women aged 55 and over experiencing homelessness in Victoria and Australia more broadly. The 2014 report ‘Older Women’s Pathways Out of Homelessness in Australia’ found that women in this age group may have limited superannuation, minimal work experience and potentially inadequate financial literacy from time unemployed due to caring responsibilities and unpaid labour. Therefore many older single women may be living off welfare payments with minimal savings while renting in the unaffordable and unsustainable private rental market. The 2014 report states that older women are more likely to be the ‘invisible …Posted in: Aboriginal Communities
Finding a Suitable Home for Older People at Risk of Homelessness in South Australia
A report released today based on the latest 2016 Census is showing a rapidly rising number of older people at risk of homelessness in South Australia. This research, a partnership between Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) and The University of Adelaide’s Centre for Housing Urban and Regional Planning (CHURP) and funded by The Wicking Trust, has found that a significant number of older people in the private rental market in South Australia are living in housing poverty.
Read the Summary Report Read the Full Report …Posted in: Media Releases, Campaigns, South Australia
Retirement Housing In Victoria Communique
“On 8 June 2017, 24 representatives from resident advocacy groups, universities, industry, ombudsman schemes, government agencies and regulators met in Melbourne at an Experts’ Forum to discuss the future of retirement housing regulation in Victoria. We were also joined by academics and advocates from interstate jurisdictions. The Experts’ Forum followed the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into the retirement housing sector, which released its final report on 7 March 2017. The Inquiry received 766 submissions and heard from 90 witnesses. The vast majority of evidence was received from residents. The message to the Inquiry was clear: residents expect change. While many residents …Posted in: Media Releases, Retirement Housing Advice Service
Rental Affordability Index- Aged Focused May 2017
“Across the nation, the single pensioner household is facing Severely Unaffordable and Extremely unaffordable rents. For the most part, locating in metropolitan areas (which is where one bedroom dwellings are generally available) would require 60 per cent or more of the pensioner’s income to be spent on rent. Housing pressures on this household type would also be compounded by a number of other pressures, including health care costs associated with aging”. May Rental Affordability Index Report 2017 Download …
At Risk of Homelessness: Preventing Homelessness in Older CALD Communities
A ground-breaking report aimed at helping older people from culturally diverse communities avoid homelessness Download …Posted in: Multicultural & Multifaith Communities
The Australian Rental Report 2017
The first survey of Australian renters has been carried out and the results tell a pretty grim story for the growing number of renters out there. You’ve heard HAAG harp about this for years, now finally it’s backed up by an independant study, one that has been getting a lot of attention. Download …
At the crossroads in retirement: Older people at risk of homelessness
July 2016 Report prepared by Jeff Fiedler and Fiona York This report is an analysis of the first two years of the Home at Last service and the thousands of older people who have sought help because they are at risk of homelessness. The data shows that a large number of older people in Victoria are struggling to cope with their day to day living and are constantly on the edge of homelessness. Download Report …
Access to Justice Review
March 2016 This submission is a response by Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) to the Access to Justice review, which includes six background papers and related terms of reference. Download …Posted in: Retirement Housing Advice Service
Overview of the retirement housing sector in Victoria
This paper was undertaken collaboratively between Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG), (Consumer Action Law Centre (CALC), Council on the Ageing (COTA) and Residents of Retirement Villages Victoria (RRVV). It is in response to a request from the advisor for the Minister of Consumer Affairs Victoria to provide an overview of the retirement housing sector in Victoria. Download …Posted in: Submissions, Retirement Housing, Retirement Housing Advice Service
