Campaigns
Do you think government needs to take more action to provide safe, secure and affordable housing? Do you want to take action on housing issues affecting older people? Do you have ideas about how housing services could better assist older people? Are you worried about the housing situation of the future? Join HAAG and get involved
Fixing Housing for Older People in Victoria
HAAG has delivered a set of policy asks on the Victorian Government in order to increase the supply of appropriate housing for older people who do not own their own homes, improve the lives of older people, support older people to navigate the housing system. …
Posted in: News Updates, Victoria
What’s it like being an older woman experiencing homelessness?
The stories of three older women, with different lives, but common experiences of housing insecurity and homelessness on International Womens Day. Made by Housing for the Aged Action Group with the assistance of Investing in Women funding from the Victorian Government. …
Posted in: Videos, LGBTQIA+, Videos, Missing Middle, Older Women
Victoria Pre-budget Submission 2024-2025
HAAG calls on the governement to respond to older people’s specific needs by expanding the Home at Last service to be a state-wide service, increasing funding for tenancy advice for older people, increasing funding for early intervention and prevention, and funding the delivery of a service to assist older women to access a broader range… …
Posted in: Submissions, Victoria
Older People's Housing at the Victorian Homelessness Conference
Shane and Fiona hear from speakers at the Victorian Homelessness Conference, held at Melbourne Town Hall late last year. Vera Considine talks about her experience of precarious housing as an older woman, and Peter Sibly talks about his plans for the Footscray Lions Village co-operative for older women. …
Posted in: Podcasts, Client Stories, Cohousing & Housing Cooperatives, Victoria
Federal Pre-Budget Submission 2024-25
HAAG welcomes the opportunity to provide input into the Treasury through the pre-budget submission process. This submission is based on our experience delivering housing and related support services to older people, research and lived experiences of older people experiencing housing stress or homelessness in Australia. Read the Submission …
Posted in: Submissions, Federal Campaigns
Improving NSW rental laws Consultation Paper
The NSW Ageing on the Edge Forum is a coalition of about 150 organisational supporters and members. The members of the Forum are advocates for change, including older people with lived experience of homelessness, service providers, peak advocacy bodies and private sector organisations, working together to address housing and homelessness related issues of older people.… …
Posted in: Submissions, Renter's rights, New South Wales
Victorian Inquiry recommends building 60,000 new social homes and starts an important conversation about what ‘affordable housing’ really means
Building 60,000 new social housing homes, an improved definition of ‘affordable housing’, tackling discrimination in the private rental market, and improving security of tenure are recommendations from the Inquiry into the Rental and Housing Affordability Crisis in Victoria that will help protect older Victorians from homelessness. …
Posted in: News Updates, Public Housing, Victoria
Not even stagnating: renters rights and the Victorian Housing Statement
Shane and Reuben talk to Louisa Bassini, the Acting Director of Legal Practice at Inner Melbourne Community Legal, about the Victorian government’s recent Housing Statement, focusing on the government’s plans to demolish all the city’s public housing highrises and what that means for current public housing tenants. We also talk more broadly about renters rights… …
Posted in: Podcasts, Public Housing, Renter's rights, Victoria
Submission to the National Housing and Homelessness Plan
The National Housing and Homelessness plan is an opportunity to inform decision makers about the situation for older people who can’t afford rent, and put pressure on them to implement real solutions to the issues we face. HAAG made this comprehensive submission with recommendations covering homelessness, homelessness services, housing costs, home ownership, rental, planning, zoning… …
Posted in: Submissions
Submission to the new Aged Care Act
HAAG’s recommends that the new Act recognise diversity characteristics and the impact of housing and homelessness on Aged Care Service Provision. There should be better collaboration and coordination between governments and departments, and funding for additional, tailored specialist housing support services for older people. Read our submission …
Posted in: Submissions
Ageing in a Housing Crisis Session at Victorian Homelessness Conference
HAAG is presenting this session as part of the Victorian Homelessness Conference. …
Posted in: Events, Federal Campaigns, Victoria
Submission to the Inquiry into the worsening rental crisis in Australia
Our submission to the Federal Inquiry into the worsening rental crisis in Australia recommends to develop a consultative framework and national plan for rental reform, build 26,000 public and community homes per year across the country, fund a range of housing options including affordable housing, regulate short-stay accommodation, increase funding to services that are designed to… …
Posted in: Submissions