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
Submission to the inquiry into the supply of homes in regional Victoria
HAAGs submission to this Victorian Parliament inquiry draws on the experiences HAAG hears about the serious lack of homes for older people in regional Victoria. We call for a range of measures to ensure older people in regional Victoria have secure and appropriate housing, including: increasing public and community housing to 10% of all housing… …
Posted in: Submissions, Regional issues, Victoria
Mortgage stress and older Victorians
Shane and Fiona talk to Nadia Harrison, the CEO of Mortgage Stress Victoria, about the impacts of mortgage stress on older people, what help is available, and what needs to change to make Australian mortgages fairer and more sustainable. …
Submission to Audit Office of NSW Social Housing Review
Our submission draws on the lived experiences of older people applying for, and living in, social housing in NSW. We recommend that trauma informed approaches are taken with everyone applying for social housing and that older people are treated with dignity and respect, and highlight the need for a specialist older persons’ housing information and… …
Posted in: Submissions, New South Wales
Change is Gonna Come
Shane and Fiona talk about the upcoming Federal Election and what HAAG is asking of our Federal candidates. We conclude with ways that you can get involvedTo find out more go to https://www.oldertenants.org.au/federal-election-campaigning …
Posted in: Podcasts, Federal Campaigns, Take Action
Retirement Villages Act amendments infographic
Our position on the Retirement Villages Amedment Bill 2024 …
Posted in: Submissions, Retirement Housing Advice Service
Submission on the National Plan to End the Abuse and Mistreatment of Older People 2024–34 Public Consultation Draft
Housing stress, insecurity and homelessness are integrally linked to the abuse and mistreatment of older people, and the current housing crisis has exacerbated this. Without access to a safe, secure, affordable home of their own older people can find themselves living in situations – with adult children, relatives, or strangers – where elder abuse is… …
Posted in: Submissions, Elder Rights, Federal Campaigns
Submission to NSW Homelessness Strategy 2025 – 2035
HAAG welcomes the opportunity to provide input into the NSW Draft Homelessness Strategy 2025 – 2035. We especially acknowledge the contributions to this submission made by members of HAAG’s advisory groups including NSW Lived Experience Acton Group (LEAG), National Alliance of Seniors for Housing (NASH), Retirement Accommodation Action Group (RAAG), LGBTQIA+ reference group and culturally and… …
Posted in: Submissions, New South Wales
Age Discrimination in Housing and Homelessness Briefing Paper
HAAG have identified three key areas of significant age-related discrimination; Financial discrimination, employment discrimination and housing discrimination. HAAG acknowledges that some groups may experience compounding discrimination based on LGBTQ+ status, disability status, being culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) or being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background. Read the briefing paper …
Posted in: LGBTQIA+, Multicultural & Multifaith Communities, Fact Sheets
"Crones, Hags and Witches": Older women's housing wisdom
We hear from two older women with a lived experience of homelessness, Vera and Angela, who fall into the "missing middle" eligibility gap for housing support, speaking at the launch of HAAG's research Not Poor Enough, Not Rich Enough: older people falling through the housing eligibility gap, conducted by Swinburne University of Technology. Read the… …
Posted in: Podcasts, Missing Middle, Older Women
Ageing on the Edge NSW Pre-Budget Submission 2025-26
The NSW Ageing on the Edge Pre-Budget Submission provides proposals to address the housing crisis for older people in NSW who are experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. We call on the NSW government to: fund a specialist older persons’ housing information and support service that comprises both an early intervention and crisis response; lower… …
Posted in: National Alliance of Seniors for Housing, Submissions, New South Wales
Older women’s safety with Seniors Rights Victoria
Gary Ferguson is the Education Coordinator at Seniors Rights Victoria. He discusses older women’s safety and how elder abuse intersects with housing and women’s safety, as well as the importance of early intervention and prevention.Seniors Rights Victoria www.seniorsrights.org.auLGBTIAQ+ Elder Abuse Survey …
Posted in: Podcasts, Elder Rights, Older Women
Homeless not hopeless
Sue is 74 years old and became homeless when her daughter asked her to leave her property in NSW. She moved to Victoria to stay with a friend, who helped her to connect with the local crisis homelessness service, Beyond Housing. She was referred into our program by Beyond Housing Seymour. In late July, case… …
Posted in: Client Stories, Brokerage support, Care Finder, Housing Support, Victoria