Housing news round up

11 Nov 2020
Shane and Fiona discuss recent news on the lack of investment in public housing in Victoria, the flawed Commonwealth Rent Assistance Scheme and NAIDOC week
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HAAG Online Annual General Meeting

19 Nov 2020

HAAG’s first ever online Annual General Meeting is coming up on Thursday the 19th of November at 11am

Shadow Ministers Older Women's Homelessness Forum

16 Nov 2020

Older women are the fastest growing group of homeless people in Australia. Kobi from HAAG will be speaking alongside Shadow Government Ministers at this online forum.

Out of the Closet, Out of Options - LGBTI housing (part 2)

28 Oct 2020
Shane and Fiona play the second part of a panel discussion on older LGBTI housing issues, from the Out of the Closet, Out of Options event for World Homelessness Day.  This time we hear from Tonye Segbedzi on her literature review which found very little research globally into the housing issues of older LGBTI people.  Then we hear from Buzz Rainbow Wolf who tells us about his experience in trying to build community in rural VictoriaThere is more information and the reports available here: https://www.oldertenants.org.au/events/out-the-closet-out-options-older-lgbti-people-risk-homelessness
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Women in Super Roadshow: The Housing Crisis Facing Australian Women

10 Nov 2020

Older women were already the fastest growing cohort of the homeless before COVID struck. There is now a very real concern that many will never work again. This has not been helped by a significant lack of explicit policy measures in the recent budget to invest in sectors employing women and those over 50.

Coolah Home Base: Building on Uncertain Foundations

28 Oct 2020

Heading South - Older People at Risk of Homelessness in Tasmania


This report provides a brief snapshot of homelessness and the risk of homelessness for people aged 55 years and over in Tasmania.

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Out of the Closet, Out of Options - LGBTI housing (part 1)

14 Oct 2020
To coincide with World Homelessness Day, we launched two reports on older LGBTI and housing - our own "Out of the Closet Out of Options" report and a report by the Australian Association of Gerontology.Shane introduces Commissioner for LGBTIQ+ people Ro Allen, Switchboard Victoria CEO Joe Ball and Fiona York who discuss the reports findings.You can read the report here: https://www.oldertenants.org.au/sites/default/files/out_of_the_closet_out_of_options_-_final_report_october_2020.pdf Next week: Part 2 with Tonye Segbedzi from Australian Association of Gerontology and Buzz Rainbowwolf
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Out of the Closet, Out of Options: Older LGBTI people at risk of homelessness

This report presents the findings of a study of the housing experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) older people in Victoria, undertaken by Housing for the Aged Action Group.

It aims to begin to bridge the critical gap in research by identifying the current housing circumstances and concerns of LGBTI older Victorians. We hope that the findings can be used to better inform research, policy and best practice and improve sector and policy responses surrounding older LGBTI people and Housing in order to reduce the number of LGBTI older people at risk of or experiencing homelessness.

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Telecommunications Consumer Safeguards: Choice and Fairness Joint Submission

Consumer Action, WEstjustice, VALS, FCVic, BCLS, HRCLS and HAAG consider it beyond dispute that telecommunications services, including internet services and mobile phones, are necessary for social inclusion and daily participation in essential activities. The ongoing COVID-19 emergency and associated social distancing, border closures, office and school closures, and quarantine requirements have made this painfully obvious. Despite telecommunications being an essential service, they are not regulated as such.

Read our Joint Submission to the Consumer Safeguards Review

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