The Ageing Elephant in the Room

Read an article by Jeff Fiedler, Tenancy Advice / Policy Worker that appeared in the April 2010 edition of Parity .
In previous editons of Parity Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) has highlighted the plight of older people caught in private rental housing poverty who are unable to afford increasing rents, are in constant fear of eviction and who need quality housing as they age.

While there are many groundbreaking policy initiatives that are being implemented from the White Paper, it is frustrating for organisations like ours that the Commonwealth Government again has ignored the plight of older private renters who are, by the governement's own estimation, the highest needs group of all ages and housing tenures.

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