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.
Home at Last, are appalled at the findings of the Inquiry into the Public Housing Renewal Program which revealed that the previous redevelopment in Kensington (a model for the current program) actually decreased the total number of Public and Community houses by 36% and the number of bedrooms by 54%, while selling off the public land for just 5% of its market value.
Residents in registered Caravan and Residential Parks will now have access to the Energy and Water Ombudsman (EWOV) complaint and dispute resolution scheme from the 1st of July 2018. This is particularly good news, as prior to this residents had very little information or support in how to resolve or even approach embedded network disputes with operators. See link for more information
HAAG will soon be undertaking our next strategic planning cycle and we want to hear from you. For your effort, we will serve you a delicious lunch of soup, and you may even win a door prize!
Where: Hayden Raysmith Room, Level 4, Ross House, 247-251 Flinders Lane Melbourne. When: Registration opens 10:15. Meeting starts11:00am. Lunch to follow. RSVP by Monday, May 20th with dietary requirements.
Melbourne based Housing Support organisation Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) welcome Treasurer Scott Morrison’s announcement of 14,000 extra aged care home packages. The government’s sentiments that it is better for a person’s wellbeing to receive support in their own home than to go into aged care aligns with HAAG’s goal of assisting older people to maintain independent living in their community of choice.
However, the group believe that there is something crucial missing from this announcement (and the budget in general). That’s Older Private Renters.
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."