This paper was undertaken collaboratively between Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG), (Consumer Action Law Centre (CALC), Council on the Ageing (COTA) and Residents of Retirement Villages Victoria (RRVV). It is in response to a request from the advisor for the Minister of Consumer Affairs Victoria to provide an overview of the retirement housing sector in Victoria.
With both his planned guests cancelling, HAAG worker Shane is left to rant for half an hour about the lack of public housing and disgusting conduct of private landlords in Victoria.
Last week HAAG launched it's new film Feels Like Home, in which five of our members tell their own stories. For this weeks show, we hear excerpts from the film as Bruno and Joan talk about what it was like to experience the risk of homelessness in private rental, and how finding secure, affordable housing changed their lives. We also hear from the film's director, Toni Bentley from Bentwheel Productions. Plus, good news on HAAG's funding and of course the Bad Landlord of the Month for April.
Gemma from HAAG and Indy from our community reference group talk about a new project researching housing needs among older people from a range of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
The Home at Last Service has been in operation since June 2012 as an Innovations Action Project (IAP) as part of the Victorian Government’s Homelessness Action Plan. Over the two years of the project Home at Last has become widely integrated into the housing, homelessness, health and aged care service systems across Victoria. This report outlines recommendations to extend the service as part of an older persons homelessness prevention strategy for Victoria.