Come to our information session on accessing affordable housing at the Doncaster Library as part of Homelessness Week. The session will cover current housing trends, risk factors for homelessness, and how HAAG’s services can provide support. The session is suitable for people aged 50+, who are on a government pension or low income, and are in private rental or under financial stress with mortgage payments.
HAAG is participating in the Better Together Conference at Kardinia Park, Geelong. Dani Kehoe will present our latest research –‘Housing Justice for Older People – a right not a privilege, and our LGBTIQA+ community educator team will be out and about at the conference, with a stall throughout the weekend.
HAAG’s LGBTIQA+ community educators are hosting this event for older community members to find out about housing and homelessness, and where to go for help.
Do you worry about your housing situation and how you can make ends meet? Then come along to this information session at Corio Library to find out how people aged 50+ can access affordable housing.
Mary* is a HAAG member living in a retirement village in the west of Melbourne. She’s lived there since 2018, and enjoyed a couple of good years there before a new manager named Dean* started there in late 2019. Mary soon noticed tensions developing between her and Dean, but within a year these had erupted into outright harassment and bullying by the manager.
Shane and Fiona speak to Sabrina Clarke, project worker for Better Renting, about their newly released report into the heat and humidiity of rental properties across australia. We chat about what their research demonstrated and the need for better rental standards. Read the report and find out more on their website https://www.betterrenting.org.au/
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