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Disadvantaged deserve more action on safe, clean, affordable housing

By The Age Editorial, 13 October 2016

If you don't own a home by 45, you probably never will, says report

By Elle Hunt, The Guardian, 10 October 2016

Call to tackle housing affordability as number of older homeless women rises

By Kim Arlington, The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 October 2016

Cantonese Language Videos

These films have been developed in collaboration with community members in response to an increasing awareness of housing issues for older migrant and refugee communities. These films are fictional, but are based on common experiences that lead older people from culturally diverse communities to contact HAAG and Home at Last. The aim of the films is to increase awareness of the different pathways that can lead to housing issues, to increase awareness of Home at Last, and improve the ability of older people from culturally diverse backgrounds to navigate the housing/homelessness system.

Reservoir not-for-profit retirement unit closure sad news for those pushed out

By Clay Lucas, The Age, 23 September 2016

Spring September 2016

Newsletter September Spring 2016 Older Tenants' Voice

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Local Government and Housing fact sheet

A fact sheet developed for members to use when talking to candidates about affordable housing in the upcoming local government elections in October.

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Residential Tenancies Act review Alternate forms of tenure Issues Paper

September 2016

This submission is a response by Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) to the ‘Alternate forms of tenure’ issues paper forming a part of the review of the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA).

HAAG would like to acknowledge that the submission was compiled with contribution from our members, specifically the Independent Living Unit (ILU) working group and the Caravan and Residential Parks and Villages (CARPAV) working group, and this forms the foundation of our response...

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