Housing for the Aged Action Group

Fiona talks to Kobi Maglen, who has recently joined HAAG on our national project Ageing on the Edge, to give an update about housing for older people across the country.  Fiona also talks about our COVID-19 survey on older renters and housing

Fiona talks to Liam Davies from the Centre for Urban Research at RMIT about their interim report into "surplus land" the government is planning to sell, and how better suited it would be to build more public housing.Shane talks about the latest rental reforms for COVID-19 and the inadequate response from government to assist older renters.

Shane and Fiona talk to housing worker Melis about the challenges of housing older people during the coronavirus pandemic.  Shane talks about the changes to renting under proposed laws.

Shane and Fiona talk about the recent announcements for renters during the COVID19 crisis - do they go far enough for older renters?Then Fiona talks to Phyll, Pam and Maeve, all residents of independent living units, to see how they are coping with the stage 3 social distancing requirements, and asks whether living through other global crises like World War 2 has helped them in dealing with this one?

Fiona chats to Ben Martin-Hobbs from the Consumer Policy Research Centre about his research into how people choose their home care provider.  He found some interesting differences between the experiences of older people living in retirement villages, home owners and renters.You can read his report here: https://cprc.org.au/publications/?_sft_pub-type=report 

Jeff Fiedler is leaving HAAG after 23 years of dedicated service to the issues of older people and housing.  On this show, Shane and Pam chat to Jeff and April about the history of housing activism at HAAG

Fiona speaks to Deb Foskey, an older resident of Orbost in far East Gippsland, about her experience as a member of a remote community housing co-operative in the 1970’s and 80’s and more recently, what it has been like for older people coping with the recent fires.

Fiona and Leonie talk about the impact of the East Gippsland fires on older people experiencing homelessness, with Assistance with Care and Housing Worker Val Marshall.  Val talks about the evacuations, the lack of public housing, the expensive rents and the difficulty in finding housing for people even before these fires.

Fiona and Shane talk to three members of the Save Public Housing group - David Kelly, Kerrie Byrne and Clare Hanson - about the public housing redevelopments. Hear from tenants about what this renewal means for them, and what the implications for the redevelopments are for our public housing stock. You can find out more on their website here: https://www.savepublichousing.com/