Ageing on the Edge Older Person's Homeless Prevention Project

The Ageing on the Edge Older Persons Homelessness Prevention Project is a partnership between Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) and the University of Adelaide’s Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning (CHURP). Funded over five years by The Wicking Trust and with principal project leads Jeff Fiedler (HAAG) and Dr Debbie Faulkner (CHURP), the project is addressing the rapidly increasing problem facing large numbers of older people, the majority women, at risk of homelessness in Australia.

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HAAG members on homelessness and housing stress

25 Jul 2018
Shane talks to HAAG members Maryanne and Jane about their experiences of private rental, homelessness and homelessness services, and what needs to change for older renters. Plus news about older people's housing issues. As mentioned during the show, if you're dealing with Centrelink and want some support or advice you can contact the Australian Unemployed Workers Union or Social Security Rights Victoria.
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Kim's Story - elder abuse and housing (Cantonese, English subtitles)

A case study from one of our Home at Last clients, presented at the Elder Abuse conference in Melbourne 2017. Kim's story explains the difficulty that non-English speaking clients can have in accessing services, and how important bilingual workers are for older people to access information. A great story of a partnership between many agencies that resulted in a successful housing income for Kim, who was experiencing elder abuse and homeless for some years. 

Senator Doug Cameron's Parity Launch Speech

Senator Doug Cameron launched the edition of Parity Magazine June 2018 titled "Older people and homelessness: What Works"

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Older Tenants Voice Newsletter - June 2018

Older Tenants' Voice newsletter - June 2018
Womens Homelessness edition

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Responding to Older Persons Homelessness: What Works

HAAG published several articles as part of the June 2018 edition of Parity Journal.

Make Renting Fair National Day of Action

11 Jul 2018

Taking action to highlight the plight of the real people who rent in Australia by sharing their messages to their landlords on social media

Responding to Older Persons Homelessness: What Works? - Launch of special edition of Parity Journal

16 Jul 2018

The June 2018 “Responding to Older Persons Homelessness: What Works? ”edition of Parity will be launched by Senator Doug Cameron,  Shadow Minister for Housing and Homelessness and Shadow Minister for Skills, TAFE and Apprenticeships

Delivering on the Premier’s promise of fair tenancy laws for 1.5 million Victorians

Last October, the Victorian Government made promises to the community that you would pass legislation to ‘make renting fair’ in Victoria. We wrote to Minister Foley to urge that these reforms must be introduced to parliament without further delay to give them any chance of passing before the election, and to make sure that they don’t undermine the safety and security of older Victorians.

Ageing on the Edge Brochure

In response to rapidly increasing housing problems facing older people, Housing for the Aged Action Groups Older Persons Homelessness Prevention Project aims to raise awareness and improve services and housing for older people at risk of homelessness across Australia.

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