National Housing and Homelessness Plan submission guide

On Monday 7 August the Federal Government published an issues paper for the 10 year National Housing and Homelessness Plan. This Plan will be developed in 2023 and is expected to be released in 2024. It is important opportunity to achieve the changes for older renters and people experiencing homelessness. Making a submission helps to inform decision makers about the situation for older people who can't afford rent, and put pressure on them to implement real solutions to the issues we face.

Informing the National Housing and Homelessness Plan

20 Sep 2023

Join HAAG, Wintringham and Homelessness Australia to discuss the reforms needed to both prevent and better respond to homelessness experienced by older people

Residential Parks – Falling Through the Gaps

Residential parks suffer from numerous significant, systemic and overlapping issues, so HAAG proposes a six-pronged strategy to address these issues.

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40th Anniversary AGM

16 Nov 2023

This year’s AGM will mark 40 years since the founding of HAAG. Its an important time to honour our heritage and the many wonderful people who have contributed their energy and ideas over the years to make our organisation what it is today.

HAAG supports the YES vote in the Voice to Parliament Referendum

HAAG supports the YES vote in the Voice to Parliament Referendum. The Referendum gives us the opportunity to formally acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of Australia through an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice being enshrined in the Constitution.

Ageing in a housing crisis

23 Aug 2023
Shane and Fiona hear from members of HAAG's delegation to Canberra, where we launched our report "Ageing in a housing crisis" during Homelessness Week 2023.First we hear from Linda Hahn, Housing Older Women's Movement, and Michelle Cook, from HAAG's NSW Lived Experience Group.Then we hear from Professor Wendy Stone, Swinburne University, and Associate Professor Emma Power, Western Sydney University with a brief cameo appearance from Senator David Pocock.View the full recordingDownload the report,
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Ageing in a Housing Crisis Report Launch at Parliament House

Slides and video from the launch of our report into older people’s housing insecurity & homelessness in Australia.

Growing number of older Australians are retiring with debt, paying unaffordable rents, and don’t have a stable place to call home; new research shows

A delegation of older people impacted by the housing crisis is visiting Parliament House in Canberra today to demand better for Australians as they age. They arrive in Canberra with new research that shows increasing numbers of older people are retiring with mortgage debt or living in private rental. Staggeringly, more than 227,000 older Australians on low incomes living in private rental, are paying unaffordable levels of rent. It’s taking a toll on the mental, physical and emotional wellbeing of a large and growing amount of Australians as they age

United we Stand: forty years of co-operative housing

9 Aug 2023
Fiona and Shane talk to Janet, Mea and Peter from United Housing co-op on their 40th anniversary. We discuss the history of co-operative movements and the importance of partipatory tenant-led housing, how things have changed and what the future might hold for this important housng type. 
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