Retirement Housing Advice Service
Submission – Proposed amendments to retirement village fact sheets
Consumer Action (CALC), RRVV, HAAG and COTA Vic have provided feedback about the proposed amendments to retirement villages fact sheets.The group do not oppose the proposed amendments to the fact sheets, but are concerned that this is not a good enough tool for protecting residents from entering into unfair contracts… View the submission here …
Posted in: Submissions
Online scams workshop
Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) is seeking to increase awareness of online scams to Victorians aged 60-80. Research indicates that this group suffers the highest level of financial detriment due to scams. CAV are currently planning a scams campaign for 2018 and would like to get some insights into scams issues from some everyday Victorians… …
Posted in: Events
Remake of the Estate Agents (Professional Conduct) Regulations 2008
Consumer Action Law Centre (Consumer Action), COTA Victoria and Housing for the Aged Action Group have made a joint submission in relation to the remake of the Estate Agents (Professional Conduct) Regulations 2008 (the Regulations).View the submission here …
Posted in: Submissions
Retirement Housing Morning Tea at Parliament November 2017
View info about this event: Morning tea with your MP …
Posted in: Galleries, Retirement Housing, Campaigns, Victoria
Response to Retirement Housing Inquiry fails to provide access to justice
After six months of waiting, the Victorian Government has responded to the Inquiry into the Retirement Housing Sector, conducted by the Victorian Legislative Council. The Victorian Government’s response to the Parliamentary Inquiry has failed to deliver, according to retirement housing residents and advocates. Despite nearly 800 submissions to the Inquiry and recommendations that promised meaningful reform,… …
Posted in: Joint Statements, Media Releases, News Updates, Retirement Housing, Campaigns, Victoria
Online Resources for Retirement Housing
These resources will help you if you are searching for retirement housing or independent living units. Find them here …
Posted in: Fact Sheets, Toolkits
Retirement Housing In Victoria Communique
“On 8 June 2017, 24 representatives from resident advocacy groups, universities, industry, ombudsman schemes, government agencies and regulators met in Melbourne at an Experts’ Forum to discuss the future of retirement housing regulation in Victoria. We were also joined by academics and advocates from interstate jurisdictions. The Experts’ Forum followed the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into… …
Posted in: Media Releases, Reports
Internal dispute resolution process – Retirement Villages Act
HAAGs response to the options paper around internal dispute resolution processes under the Retirement Villages Act. Download submission Download options paper …
Posted in: Submissions
Retirement housing, a right not a privilege
Aoife and Shane talk about HAAG’s expanded Retirement Housing Project and the issues that come up in these supposedly older-person-friendly kinds of housing – plus how the residents are fighting back. If you want to get in touch you can call HAAG on (03) 9654 7389. …
Posted in: Podcasts, Retirement Villages, Campaigns, Victoria
Government must not lose retirement housing momentum
Four corners ran a fantastic episode last night on dodgy retirement housing opporator AVEO, and other articles have recently been published that expose many of the problems residents of retirement housing have been facing for a long time – complicated contracts, unfair fees and issues with management. Unfortunately, these are not isolated problems with one… …
Posted in: Media Releases
Advocacy Kit
This toolkit is a guide that can be used to lobby your local politicians make and political change. Download here …
Posted in: Toolkits
HAAG’s response to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Retirement Housing- Some Key Points
Heading towards the upcoming Retirement Housing Forum, here is a summary of HAAG’s take on the Government’s review. Join us on the 1st of May to discuss how we can act together to make sure Victorians get the changes they have lobbied so hard for. Download HAAG summary here Download full report here …
Posted in: News Updates, Retirement Housing, Campaigns, Victoria