HAAG welcomes the opportunity to provide input into the National Plan to End the Abuse and Mistreatment of Older People 2024–34 Public Consultation Draft (the National Plan). Housing stress, insecurity and homelessness is 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 more likely to occur. When elder abuse does occur, a lack of alternative housing options means it is difficult to for older people to escape that abuse.
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."