Victorian Campaign Updates

Based in Melbourne, HAAG campaigns for real investment in Public and Community Housing, better regulation of retirement and private rental housing, and better support for older people to be able to access safe, secure and affordable housing across the state.

Action Updates

Victorian Inquiry recommends building 60,000 new social homes and starts an important conversation about what ‘affordable housing’ really means

Building 60,000 new social housing homes, an improved definition of ‘affordable housing’, tackling discrimination in the private rental market, and improving security of tenure are recommendations from the Inquiry into the Rental and Housing Affordability Crisis in Victoria that will help protect older Victorians from homelessness.

Decades of Housing Decline: 2011 & 2021 Census Analysis Victoria

New census data shows that over the last ten years, the housing circumstances for people aged 55 years and older in Victoria have gotten worse. This report is based on original research conducted for Housing for the Aged Action Group by researchers at Swinburne University of Technology, Western Sydney University and Curtin University.

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A state of disrepair – is Public Housing being left to rot?

A HAAG member and Public Housing Tenant reports from the front line of the Public Housing situation

Victorian State Election 2022 - Making Our Voices Heard

The housing crisis for older people in Victoria is getting worse. Every day, HAAG’s Home at Last service is receiving calls for help from older people across the state facing eviction or struggling to pay rent. It is time to act. We are calling on the Victorian Government to urgently address the housing crisis facing older people.

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