Older Women
HAAG campaigns for action to address systemic disadvantages faced by women leading to greater risk of homelessness in later life.
Inquiry into Intergenerational Housing Inequity
Australia’s current housing crisis affects people differently at different stages of life and no age group or generation is immune to these challenges. While the data on wealth distribution across age groups, stagnant wages, rising housing costs demonstrate that housing situation for renting and home ownership is much worse now compared to what it was… …
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Listening to older women struggling to find housing in NSW and Qld
Fiona and Liz talk to Therese Hall about her recently completed PhD, where she interviewed 36 older women about their experiences in trying to find housing and navigate the unfriendly housing and homelessness systems in northern rivers area of NSW and Gold Coast region of Qld. …
Posted in: Podcasts, New South Wales, Queensland
Older Women and Heatwaves
Fiona and Liz talk to Margareta Windisch about the findings of her new PHD research into older women and heatwaves. We discuss the structural issues that impact on older women and how they cope with the increasing heat, in all types of housing. …
Gender Responsive Housing at National Housing Conference
Shane and Fiona speak to Wendy Morris and Amity James about their participation at the National Housing Conference in Perth, where they both spoke on a panel about gender responsive housing policies. Wendy Morris is a HAAG member and Amity James is an Associate Professor at Curtin University. …
Posted in: Podcasts, National Alliance of Seniors for Housing
In Her Shoes
Liz and Shane talk to Lucas Tresto from CHP about their forthcoming exhibition series Walk In Her Shoes, and what the homelessness sector can learn from people who’ve experienced homelessness. …
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Getting the wheels rolling for older women’s housing in Queensland
HAAG participated in the first-ever Community-led Housing (CLH) Roundtable in Queensland, led by the Queensland Housing Minister and bringing together government representatives, sector leaders and academics, alongside Q Shelter, the Housing Older Women Movement (HOWM) and individuals with lived experience of housing insecurity and homelessness. …
Posted in: News Updates, Campaigns, Queensland
Housing Older Women Movement Queensland
Maggie Shambrook from the Housing Older Women’s Movement in Queensland tells us about the Housing Roundtable with the housing minister and the Movement’s push for community-led housing as one solution to the housing crisis facing older people. https://housingolderwomen.org.au/ …
Posted in: Podcasts, Housing Older Women Movement Queensland, Queensland
Older Women's Housing in Queensland
We’re talking to Tegan Haslam from Housing Older Women’s Support Service. …
Posted in: Podcasts, Campaigns, Queensland
"Crones, Hags and Witches": Older women's housing wisdom
We hear from two older women with a lived experience of homelessness, Vera and Angela, who fall into the "missing middle" eligibility gap for housing support, speaking at the launch of HAAG's research Not Poor Enough, Not Rich Enough: older people falling through the housing eligibility gap, conducted by Swinburne University of Technology. Read the… …
Posted in: Podcasts, Missing Middle, Campaigns
Older women's safety with Seniors Rights Victoria
Gary Ferguson is the Education Coordinator at Seniors Rights Victoria. He discusses older women’s safety and how elder abuse intersects with housing and women’s safety, as well as the importance of early intervention and prevention.Seniors Rights Victoria www.seniorsrights.org.auLGBTIAQ+ Elder Abuse Survey …
Posted in: Podcasts, Elder Rights
Older women’s safety with Seniors Rights Victoria
Gary Ferguson is the Education Coordinator at Seniors Rights Victoria. He discusses older women’s safety and how elder abuse intersects with housing and women’s safety, as well as the importance of early intervention and prevention.Seniors Rights Victoria www.seniorsrights.org.auLGBTIAQ+ Elder Abuse Survey …
Posted in: Podcasts, Elder Rights, Campaigns
What's it like to be an older woman experiencing homelessness
Shane and Fiona hear from Vera, Glenda and Georgie from an interview recorded last year.You can see video from this https://youtu.be/V0DAkInQW5w?si=qkeKOH8kZHQCYmmW …
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