HAAG Reports

Speak Out - Have Your Say on Housing


An important part of HAAG’s work is assisting older people living in not-for-profit retirement villages. A report has been produced in March 2011 called Speak Out-Have Your Say On Housing that is based on a project held in the eastern region of Melbourne that aimed to increase older residents’ awareness of their rights and encourage them to take action when appropriate.

The report has highlighted a range of concerns expressed by residents living in this form of housing and made recommendations to the state government for reform.

Click > here to download the Speak Out - Have Your Say On Housing report. 3.8 MB

To go to our ILU Working Group page, click >>here

Happy 100th Birthday Evie Wallace


Evie Wallace turned 100 in December 2009 and Housing for the Aged Action Group would like to pay special tribute to her.

Evie has been a constant campaigner for consumer, housing, health and aged care rights.

Click > here to download a copy (287 KB)


Produced December 2010
To read more about the remarkable Evie Wallace >click here.

Caravan Parks and Villages

A report on the issues and problems faced by communities in three local government areas of Victoria

This report looks at issues and problems faced by communities in three local government areas of Victoria.

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Produced November 2008

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Finding a Home - Housing Options


This booklet provides a broad overview of the main housing options that are available in Victoria. Topics covered are:

  • Checklist
  • Home Ownership
  • Private Rental
  • Public Housing
  • Moveable Units
  • Independent Living Units
  • Retirement Villages
  • Caravan and Residential Parks
  • Social Housing
  • Rooming and Boarding Houses
  • Shared Housing
  • Group Housing
  • Rental Villages
  • Services That Can Help You
  • Housing for the Aged Action Group History

Click > here to download a copy (165 KB)

Produced April 2007, updated October 2011

Living in Limbo

The Caravan and Residential Park Residents Statewide Forum was held on Wednesday 29th June 2005. This report from the forum was produced in March 2006.

The views put forward in this report are based on discussions held during a one day Forum organised by Housing for the Aged Action Group, where approximately 100 older residents from a number of caravan and residential parks across Victoria came together to discuss their concerns about the problems they faced with their accommodation. The response from residents was overwhelming, and the active participation of the large number of people who attended revealed their widespread concern about the difficulties faced by residents in caravan and residential parks in Victoria. Many people who attended this forum became members of the working group Caravan and Residential Parks Residents Association (CARPRA) working for reform.

From the publication of this report in 2006, the Caravan and Residential Parks Residents Association (CARPRA) continued to work and lobby on these issues through until September 2009. Reforms and changes to legislation are expected prior to the 2010 state elections. Read additional material about >CARPRA and its progress.

Click > here to download a copy of the Living in Limbo report (2 MG)


Report produced March 2006.

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Housing Justice for the Aged Manifesto

"The Human Right to adequate housing, which is thus derived from the right to an adequate standard of living, is of central importance for the enjoyment of all economic, social and cultural rights.”
from: U.N. General Comment No. 4 On the right to Adequate Housing adopted by the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and cultural Rights on December 12, 1991 UN Documents: E/CN.R/1991/4)



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Produced 2004, summarising the key items of the HAAG Housing Charter.

Housing Charter


In 2003 Housing for the Aged Action Group produced a Housing Charter based on the

United Nations Declaration of Human Rights Article 25 (1)

Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care, and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old-age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control”

U.N. General Comment No. 4

On the right to Adequate Housing adopted by the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and cultural Rights on December 12, 1991
(UN Documents: E/CN.R/1991/4)
Pursuant to article 11 (1) of the Covenant, States’ parties “recognize the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous improvement of living conditions. The Human Right to adequate housing, which is thus derived from the right to an adequate standard of living, is of central importance for the enjoyment of all economic, social and cultural rights.”

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Produced November 2003

Read more about this issue with the article 'Human rights trump public housing eviction , April 2010. Click > here

Older Australians' Living in Insecure Tenancies



The research Document "Older Australians' Living in Insecure Tenancies" by Ena Ahern documents in detail older persons' voices and informs us how insecure tenancy negatively impacts on all activities of daily living plus its impact on their health and enjoyment of life. Those who have been assisted into age-appropriate public housing stated to the researcher how their lives improved beyond their wildest dreams.


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Produced 2003



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