Coronavirus
COVID Service Update August 2021
We have adjusted our service according to changing government guidelines. See this post for more details. …
Posted in: News Updates
Reinstate the Victorian emergency COVID renting laws
HAAG sent this letter to Victorian Ministers for Consumer Affairs, Housing and Planning, asking them to reinstate the state’s emergency COVID renting laws, and in particular the eviction moratorium, as an urgent measure to avoid exposing older Victorians to a risk of eviction and homelessness during the pandemic. …
Posted in: News Updates, Renter's rights, Campaigns, Victoria
COVID Service Update
We are currently doing a mix of working from home and face-to-face work. We are an “essential service” however the Ross House building is still closed to the public, and we have adjusted our service according to changing government guidelines. See this post for more details. …
Posted in: News Updates
Open Letter of Joint Demands: COVID19 Victorian Lockdown
In response to the latest COVID restrictions, HAAG has signed this joint letter with the Renters and Housing Union in support of assistance for older renters, casual workers and homeless people. …
Posted in: News Updates, Campaigns, Victoria
Information for older renters under new COVID-19 laws
This information is provided for older renters in Victoria, covering some of the new programs that can help with your tenancy and important changes to renting laws during the covid-19 pandemic. …
Posted in: News Updates
Unmasking the Past – the 1919 flu pandemic and housing
Fiona and Shane delve into the past with retired historian Dr Anthea Hyslop, currently in lockdown in the outskirts of Melbourne, Victoria who is noticing some startling parralels with the 1919 flu pandemic known as the “Spanish flu”. As one of the few experts on this part of our history, Anthea tells us about what… …
Posted in: Podcasts
Open Letter to the Prime Minister regarding people sleeping rough during COVID-19
An open letter calling on the government to address the urgent situation concerning homeless people sleeping rough and COVID-19. …
Posted in: Joint Statements, News Updates, Campaigns, Federal Campaigns
Hard Lockdown in Older Person’s Highrise
Fiona talks to three of our Housing Support Workers, Darwin, Paola and Nese, about the impact of the hard lockdown on public housing tenants in North Melbourne. The hard lockdown was implemented without warning on 9 public housing towers, including 2 older person’s housing blocks. Our housing support workers relay what they found when contacting… …
Posted in: Podcasts, Multicultural & Multifaith Communities, Public Housing
We need more Health Care and less Police
HAAG was shocked at reports of a “hard lockdown” being enforced by police on public housing tenants in Flemington and North Melbourne on Saturday. This response was inappropriate and stigmatized low income, mostly migrant Victorians, many of whom have English as a second language. …
Posted in: Media Releases, News Updates, Public Housing
HomeBuilder Big Stimulus Quiz Giveaway
Our social media quiz questions the governments priorities investing $688 million in the “HomeBuilder” home renovation scheme, rather than investing in public, affordable housing. …
Posted in: News Updates
Housing for older people across the nation
Fiona talks to Kobi Maglen, who has recently joined HAAG on our national project Ageing on the Edge, to give an update about housing for older people across the country. Fiona also talks about our COVID-19 survey on older renters and housing …
Retirement Housing during coronavirus – updated factsheet
Many retirement housing residents have questions about their rights in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, so we put this factsheet together to answer some of the most common ones. …
Posted in: News Updates, Retirement Housing Advice Service