The NSW Ageing on the Edge Coalition brings together 150 organisations and supporters. The members of the Coalition are advocates for change, including older people with lived experience of homelessness, service providers, peak advocacy bodies and private sector organisations, working together to address housing and homelessness related issues of older people.

The Coordination Group of the NSW Ageing on the Edge Forum comprises of:

  Council of the Aged NSW logo  Housing for the Aged Action Group logo  Mercy Foundation logo  Uniting Logo    Womens Housing Company LogoShelter NSW logo

Older Womens Network NSW logo   Womens Electoral Lobby logo

Action Updates

Business Case for Specialist Housing Information & Support Service for People 55+ in NSW

A business case outlining how a gap  gap in housing services for older people can be filled by establishing a service providing specialist housing information and support.

Read the business case

Read the powerpoint presentation

NSW Government urged to ease pressure on renting households and urgently tackle unaffordable rents in the private rental housing

Joint Statement by Tenants’ Union of NSW, Shelter NSW, and the NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) along with Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG).

Submission to the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Rental Fairness) Bill 2023

A fixed rental price must be advertised at the time a property is put up for rent. This advertised rate would act as a ceiling. Older people are already struggling to find affordable housing in an extremely competitive housing market. They are unlikely to be able to bid higher on properties on a limited income.

Read our submission

Independents call on the next NSW Government to urgently address homelessness among older people

Seven New South Wales independent candidates and MPs are calling on the incoming state government to address homelessness among older people by introducing a specialist housing support service for older people, lowering the priority age from 80 years, and building more social and affordable housing.

 

NSW staring down crisis as more older people than ever before are renting or paying off a mortgage as they reach retirement age

The proportion of people over 55 and renting or paying off their mortgage in New South Wales is higher than ever before, according to analysis of the 2021 Census

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Ageing on the Edge is a project of Housing for the Aged Action Group supported by the Wicking Trust