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Housing justice for older people in NSW – An Action Agenda for the NSW State Election
The Ageing on the Edge NSW Forum calls on all parties in the upcoming NSW State Election to urgently introduce three key initiatives that will make a real difference to the lives of thousands of older people suffering significant rental hardship across the state of New South Wales …
Posted in: News Updates, New South Wales
HAAG welcomes Labor’s focus on affordable housing but where is the housing?
On the first day of the national Australian Labor Party (ALP) conference in Adelaide on Sunday, Labor announced a new policy platform to address the rental housing crisis. Opposition leader, Bill Shorten announced a $6.6 billion dollar investment over 10 years in an attempt to reduce rents for Australia’s ‘Key Workers’. “Rental affordability is a national… …
Posted in: News Updates, Federal Campaigns
COTA National Survey Gives Poor Report Card for Wellbeing of Older Renters
A Federation of state COTAs has produced a report called State of the (Older) Nation Report. COTA, with Newgate Research, conducted a nationally-representative online survey lasting 25 minutes on average, completed by 2,562 Australians aged 50 and over, with quotas set for state and territory, metropolitan and regional areas, gender and age. The report is… …
Posted in: News Updates, Reports, Federal Campaigns
HAAG’s National Project- Recommendations for the Terms of Reference of the Aged Care Royal Commission
“For many years older people at risk of homelessness in the rental market have been discriminated against and severely neglected by the aged care system. The main factor that has caused this problem is a policy framework and aged care service practices that are based on the broad assumption that older people own their own… …
Posted in: News Updates, Aged care, Federal Campaigns
Call for submissions to Royal Commission
Closing soon! Royal Commission into Aged Care is calling for submissions into Terms of Reference …
Posted in: News Updates, Aged care, Federal Campaigns, Take Action
Including Retirement Housing in the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
This joint letter to the PM and the Minister for Consumer Affairs asks them to extend the terms of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety to cover Retirement Villages. …
Posted in: Joint Statements, News Updates, Aged care, Retirement Housing
Retiring into Poverty: A National Plan for Change, Increasing Housing Security for Older Women
Thursday 23 August 2018 this report is being launched at Parliament House Canberra. This important national document outlines the issues facing older women living in housing insecurity or homelessness and identifies needed changes to policies and programs. …
Posted in: Events, Older Women, Federal Campaigns
Retiring into Poverty Report Launch
View info about this event: Retiring into Poverty: A National Plan for Change, Increasing Housing Security for Older Women …
Posted in: Galleries, Australian Capital Territory, Federal Campaigns
National Older Persons Housing Network Organising Committee Update
The National Older Persons Housing Network Organising Committee has held two meetings with 10-15 people participating in each meeting with four states represented. The aims of the Network are to bring together older people from across Australia to become a housing lobby group for older people and by older people at a national level. …
Posted in: National Alliance of Seniors for Housing, News Updates
Retiring into Poverty- A National Plan for Change Report
Older single women are the fastest growing cohort of people experiencing homelessness and most of them have never been homeless before. This paper identifies the underlying systemic and compounding causes of older women’s homelessness, examines the devastating impact of gendered economic inequality and the key policy areas that require attention. …
Posted in: Reports
Ageing on the Edge Older Person’s Homeless Prevention Project
The Ageing on the Edge Older Persons Homelessness Prevention Project is a partnership between Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) and the University of Adelaide’s Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning (CHURP). Funded over five years by The Wicking Trust and with principal project leads Jeff Fiedler (HAAG) and Dr Debbie Faulkner (CHURP),… …
Posted in: Parity Articles
Responding to Older Persons Homelessness: What Works
HAAG published several articles as part of the June 2018 edition of Parity Journal. Ageing on the Edge Older Persons Homelessness Prevention Project. Jeff Fiedler and Debbie Fawkner Public Housing Redevelopments Impact Older Persons’ Health and Wellbeing Tegan Leeder Housing Related Challenges for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities Gemma White Independent Living Units: Underfunded and… …
Posted in: Multicultural & Multifaith Communities, Parity Articles, Retirement Housing Advice Service