Jennie was referred to our Retirement Housing Advice Service, as she had had huge crowds of ants crawling into her unit for almost 12 months and the village where she lived had consistently been unresponsive to this pest infestation.
Join Guest Orator, Yumi Stynes, and FUSE Curator-in-Residence, Queen Acknowledgements, for a dual celebration: the work of social justice advocate, Molly Hadfield OAM, and the opening of FUSE Autumn 2022. Held annually, The Oration celebrates the work of grassroots campaigner and HAAG founder, Molly Hadfield OAM.
This event will bring together a round table discussion with key figures who are working to address the issue of homelessness across many fields in Australia. The aim is to pinpoint practical strategies and alliances that will move forward to solutions grounded in lived experience.
This discussion at MPavillion will address the questions of what factors have placed older women at risk of homelessness, and what can we do to help. It will unpack the issues and policies that have created this crisis and outline pathways for advocacy and action.
Inspiring talks to #breakthebias by Writer & Comedian Justine Sless, Women Working Together, Random Acts of Exercise and Housing for the Aged Action Group.
With over 400,000 women over the age of 45 at risk of homelessness, the provision of affordable, long-term housing for women is vital to prevent even more older women from falling into homelessness. On the other hand, younger women are finding it more difficult to secure a foothold in the Australian dream of owning a home.
This situation has to change, and with the upcoming federal election, now is the time to understand the connection between housing and gender equality; and why without affordable, long-term housing, women will continue to lag behind.
Renewal or Ruin?: Barack Beaconsfield Public Housing
23 Feb 2022
Fiona talks to Margaret Kelly, long-time public housing resident of Barack Beaconsfield estate in Port Melbourne which has recently and unexpectedly been slated for "renewal" by the State Government. Shocked residents are fighting back about what they see as the destruction of their close-knit community to make way for gentrification of the area.
At every age we all should be able to live in affordable, stable and securing housing. Yet older women are one of the fastest growing population group experiencing insecure housing and homelessness.
As part of International Women’s Day, Dr Kathleen Brasher, Executive Officer Upper Hume Primary Care Partnership, will host a conversation that explores the drivers of insecure housing for older women and how we can ensure that women remain in stable, appropriate housing as they age.
HAAG welcomes yesterday’s announcement by the Queensland Government of measures to address older women’s homelessness, as part of their overall Housing and Homelessness Action Plan 2021-2025. A new housing and support hub model will be developed to assist older women, providing a “single entry point”, and taking an early intervention and prevention approach.
Our first General Meeting the year will focus on HAAG's mobilisation for the federal election campaign 2022. We'll also discuss the latest from the Victorian Social Housing Regulation Review.
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."