In Queensland HAAG has supported the establishment of the Housing Older Women's Support Service. We also work with the Housing Older Women's Movement advocating for more housing solutions for older women

Action Updates

Queensland State Election

HAAG’s recent research has found that over the last ten years, the housing circumstances for older Queenslanders is getting worse. Read our policy recommendations and download our guide to meeting with your candidates and MP's

Queensland State Election 2024

Queenslanders are going to the polls in October 2024. HAAG’s recent research has found that over the last ten years, the housing circumstances for older Queenslanders is getting worse. Now is a great time to be talking about the need for more action on housing for older Queenslanders! 

Things Will Be Different screening Brisbane

20 May 2024

Things Will Be Different is a documentary film exploring two neighbours’ experiences of displacement as they are forced to relocate from their Public Housing estate when it was sold for private redevelopment. The film explores the impact of losing one’s home and the important role public housing plays in our communities.

HAAG & HOW at the Gold Coast Housing Symposium

The Gold Coast Homelessness Symposium is an event put on by the Gold Coast Homelessness network, an active group of service providers and individuals who are working towards solutions for the housing crisis in their region. In March 2024, organisers invited Fiona York as key note speaker at their symposium "Housing older Australians – Now and into the future", where she presented the data from HAAG's Ageing in a housing crisis report.

Census analysis reveals enormous increase in the number of older Queenslanders living in private rentals

The number of people older than 55 living in private rentals in Queensland increased by 71% over the past decade, according to new analysis of the 2021 Census released today.
 

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