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COTA National Survey Gives Poor Report Card for Wellbeing of Older Renters

A Federation of state COTAs has produced a report called State of the (Older) Nation Report. COTA, with Newgate Research, conducted a nationally-representative online survey lasting 25 minutes on average, completed by 2,562 Australians aged 50 and over, with quotas set for state and territory, metropolitan and regional areas, gender and age. The report is a summary of the information gathered. There seems to be a significant poverty gap – with people renting and experiencing financial hardship doing poorly on a range of indicators.  The whole report is available at the link below, but HAAG has created a summary of the responses for older renters. 

https://www.cota.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/COTA-State-of-the-Older-Nation-Report-2018-FINAL-Online.pdf

 

 

 

VicVotes 2018 - Where do the parties stand on a Retirement Housing Ombudsman?

With Victoria going to the polls on Saturday November 24, where do the parties stand on instating a Retirement Housing Ombudsman?

VicVotes 2018 - How will the parties house the state?

With rising rental costs, more than 80,000 people on the public housing waiting list, and retirement housing residents subject to unfair charges and dodgy operators, how will the policies and election promises of the major parties address these crisis?

HAAG's National Project- Recommendations for the Terms of Reference of the Aged Care Royal Commission

"For many years older people at risk of homelessness in the rental market have been discriminated against and severely neglected by the aged care system. The main factor that has caused this problem is a policy framework and aged care service practices that are based on the broad assumption that older people own their own home and, as assets based financial contributors, are more valued than older renters."

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Call for submissions to Royal Commission

Closing soon! Royal Commission into Aged Care is calling for submissions into Terms of Reference

New donations to HAAG

This month we have received two lovely and unexpected donations from Centrelink social workers and the Country Women's Association Brunswick branch. 

Including Retirement Housing in the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety

This joint letter to the PM and the Minister for Consumer Affairs asks them to extend the terms of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety to cover Retirement Villages. 

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