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
Federal Election Advocacy Toolkit
There is real momentum for change to address older person’s homelessness across the country. Our voices are powerful. People speaking out and asking decision makers for action can shift government policy to improve housing outcomes for older people as a priority. This toolkit provides some tips for influencing your federal representatives Read the Toolkit Request… …
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Federal Policy Recommendations
405,000 women aged 45 and over are at risk of homelessness in Australia. This is a national issue that is affecting women across the country in metropolitan, regional and rural settings. Multiple changes are required to our housing, retirement, and social services and income support systems to meaningfully address this issue. If we act now,… …
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Send a message to your Federal Representatives
We need to turn our awareness of older womens homelessness into targeted action. Use this form to send a message to your elected representatives in Federal Parliament to let them know they need to act now. …
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At Risk 2021: Event Report
In September 2021, Housing for the Aged Action Group and University of Melbourne hosted an online event, At Risk 2021: Older women facing homelessness in Australia, from awareness to action. This report back from the forum examines the issues raised and outcomes from the event. Read the report …
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At Risk 2021: Influencing for Change
The At Risk 2021 forum Influencing for Change panel discussion heard about what works and doesnt work in trying to achieve change. In this exerpt, we hear from Kate Colvin from the Everybody’s Home Campaign, Kirsten Deane from the Melbourne Disability Institute about how they got the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and Anna Brown about… …
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Submission to the Inquiry into housing affordability and supply in Australia
The Federal Government must Incorporate Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning, fund targeted measures to increase affordable housing stock earmarked for older people, and incrementally remove Capital Gains Tax and Negative Gearing to create an equitable housing market. Read the submission …
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At Risk 2: Older women and three politicians address homelessness
This is an exerpt from the At Risk 2: From Awareness to Action online forum held on 17 September. It features two lived experience advocates, Linda Hahn and Penny Leemhius, and questions and answers to our political panel – Tanya Plibesek MP from the Australian Labor Party, Larissa Waters MP from the Greens and Zali Stegal… …
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At Risk Forum: Full Recording and Breakout Sessions
This is the full recording of the At Risk Forum on Older Women and Homelessness held on September 17th. The playlist includes the full introduction and political panel, breakout sessions on Family Violence, Local-Scale Solutions, Influencing for Change, as well as the conclusion of the forum. Skip through to find the breakout sessions of interest… …
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Public Housing Watch – what’s really going on with public housing “renewal”
Fiona, Shane and Pam speak to David Kelly from Save Public Housing about their new website Public Housing Watch, which is keeping an eye on the public housing renewal developments. So far lots of public housing has been demolished, but not much has been rebuilt, casting doubt on the Big Housing Build announcement.See the website… …
Posted in: Podcasts, Public Housing, Victoria
Options to improve access to existing and alternate accommodation to address the NSW social housing shortage
Our submission calls on the NSW Government to fund a specialist older person’s housing information and support service, lower the priority age for social housing eligibilityand build 5,000 social and affordable homes per year for 10 years, to address the older peoples housing crisis. Read the Submission …
Posted in: Submissions, Community Housing, Public Housing, New South Wales
At Risk Forum 2021 – Older women facing homelessness in Australia: from awareness to action
An estimated 405,000 women aged 45 and over are at risk of homelessness in Australia. It’s time for action and national leadership. Awareness has been raised but policy responses are silent in addressing older women’s homelessness. If we approach this issue from a gender perspective, what needs to change for older women today and in… …
Posted in: Events, National Alliance of Seniors for Housing, Missing Middle, Older Women, Federal Campaigns, Take Action
Reinstate the Victorian emergency COVID renting laws
HAAG sent this letter to Victorian Ministers for Consumer Affairs, Housing and Planning, asking them to reinstate the state’s emergency COVID renting laws, and in particular the eviction moratorium, as an urgent measure to avoid exposing older Victorians to a risk of eviction and homelessness during the pandemic. …
Posted in: News Updates, Coronavirus, Renter's rights, Victoria