Publications

Goulburn Hume Pilot Project - Service Brochure

All about our Home at Last Service for the Goulburn-Hume region of Central Victoria

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Aged Care Service Navigator Brochure

Everything about HAAG's Aged Care Service Navigator - assistance with accessing Aged Care

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Retirement Housing Advice Service Brochure

All about our Retirement Housing Advice service, workers advice line, and retirement housing working group in one handy brochure.

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Older Tenants Voice Winter 2022

In this very special edition we have a lot to celebrate. There's a change of government! So we take look back at a very successful election campaign. Also we are really excited about many upcoming events planned for August, October and even November. We really can't wait to be holding meetings in person again! Read all this and so much more in the Winter 2022 Older Tenants Voice

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Why the Federal Government must include older people in its National Housing and Homelessness Plan

The new Federal Government has committed to developing a National Housing and Homelessness Plan with the support and assistance of key stakeholders, including States and Territories, local government, not-for-profit and social organisations, industry bodies, superannuation funds and other experts in housing, finance and urban development. HAAG is  calling for ambitious targets along with genuine consultation of older people with lived experience of housing stress and homelessness.
 

New South Wales “women’s budget” does nothing for older women

Many older women struggling to stay housed in New South Wales will miss out on a key measure in the budget intended to support them, because they don’t have the savings to access it

Housing Older Women Movement's responses to the Review of the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement

Submissions to the Review of the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement that reflect the actual experiences and words of women who live with housing stress, insecurity and homelessness as part of the Housing Older Womens Movement

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Submission to NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Homelessness

The Ageing on the Edge NSW Forum is calling on the NSW government to:

  1. Fund a specialist older person’s housing information and support service that comprises both an early intervention and crisis response, similar to the HAAG Home at Last model in Victoria.
  2. Lower the priority age for social housing eligibility from 80 years as a matter of urgency.
  3. Build 5,000 social and affordable homes per year for 10 years, at least 20% of which should be dedicated to older people.

PDF icon Read our submission to the parliamentary inquiry here

Incoming Labor government, and the new wave of independents, must ensure housing policy doesn’t forget older people

As a new Labor government begins, and it gets to work on a new sizeable investment in social housing, it must ensure its housing policy is inclusive of older people, especially older women

National Independent Candidates Forum on Action to End Homelessness

This panel on May 13th ahead of the Australian Federal Election brought together independent candidates Zali Steggall, Jo Dyer, Hanabeth Luke, Liz Habermann, Jane Caro, Fenella Edwards and Nicolette Boele to put forward their positions in relation to ending homelessness of older women.

Eight in 10 Australians believe social and affordable housing is an important election issue

The overwhelming majority of Australians will have social and affordable housing top of mind when they cast their vote at the upcoming federal election, new polling from HAAG shows.

Older renters being left behind by the coalition

Older renters will be best served by policies brought to the election by the Labor Party and the Greens, according to an analysis of housing policy by HAAG.

Four older women's stories of housing and homelessness

There are 405,000 older women at risk of homelessness in Australia. These are stories of four of them. Vanessa, Jo, Robyn and Lynette tell their stories in this powerful video.

Housing Information and Support for Older LGBTI people brochure

All about our Older LGBTI housing services as well as campaigns and working group in one handy brochure

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Jo Waite Slept Here: A Zine made for MPavillion Talks

This zine by HAAG LGBTI reference group member Jo Waite chronicles her life through pictures of some of the many houses she slept in before finally receiving safe and affordable. The zine was originally printed for MPavillion MTalks and published online for Lesbian Visibility Day

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Review of National Housing and Homelessness Agreement - 2022

Australia’s housing system is failing people experiencing disadvantage, particularly older people who are falling through the cracks. The existing policy frameworks are inadequately equipped to support people at risk of homelessness and there is a clear need for national leadership through a National Housing Strategy to develop and deliver sustainable solutions that are properly resourced.

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Older Tenants Voice Autumn 2022

Our first edition for 2022 is packed with updates from our services, stories from members and clients, along with messages to political candidates ahead of the federal election.

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Draft National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032 Submission

HAAG and Older Womens Network NSW's input into the Draft National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2032. We provide recommendations to adress domestic violence, elder abuse and homelessness amongst older women. This submission is endorsed by Domestic Violence NSW (DVNSW).

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Federal Election 2022: Demands for Action

With a decline in home ownership at retirement age, unprecedented increases in housing prices and a reduction in social and affordable housing stock in Australia, older people are  experiencing significant housing challenges and are at increased risk of homelessness. Older women are the fastest growing cohort of people experiencing homelessness in Australia.

This document outlines the urgent policy reforms that are required by the Federal Government.

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Submission to Victorian Social Housing Regulation Review: Interim Report

HAAG supports an explicit objective in the regulatory system to protect and safeguard the interests of current, prospective and future tenants. We note that there is tension between the practical application of putting “tenants in the centre” in the broader context of a housing policy direction focussed on transfer of stock and redevelopment of public housing. While this independent review of social housing regulation is occurring, Homes Victoria is simultaneously relocating existing public housing tenants from their homes under the public housing renewal program. Those tenants are not “at the centre” of this decision, and the practical aim of applying this approach is questionable in a context where tenants feel powerless in the face of the decisions made by government to move them out of their communities and into an uncertain future.

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