The Conversation - Alan Morris -12th December 2016
The average housing costs of older (65-plus) outright homeowners in lone-person households were A$38 a week in 2013-14, the Australian Bureau of Statistics calculated, compared to $103 for older social housing tenants and $232 for older private renters.
Beverly and William Bolton have lived at the BP caravan park in Werribee South for 23 years. Cabin No. 49 is a modest three-bedroom demountable, but it's home...
Open letter to Prime Minister Turnbull - December 2016
HAAG stand with the 209 community agencies who are calling on COAG to secure the future of the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness (NPAH)...
Residential Parks are being sold off to property developers for millions, while those who own a home on the land -often over 55s- are being compensated poorly, or not at all.
The Victorian Gender Equality Strategy was launched at the Melbourne Arts Centre by Fiona Richardson, Minister for Women and Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence.
Opinion peice by Fiona York, HAAG manager in the Australian Ageing Agenda, Community Care Review November 2016
Governments need to urgently increase their investment in affordable housing options and specialist support services to address the growing number of older people in housing stress...
Media Release on the launch of the report 'A Home for Life' : Towards an Older Person’s Housing strategy” which calls on government to partner with community organisations and adopt recommendations to address the long term housing needs for older people.
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."
