Public Housing Campaigns
Public housing is an appropriate housing option for older people, as rents are capped at 25% of income, and it provides security of tenure. HAAG advocates for investment in both Public and Community Housing to raise it to 10% of all housing stock across the country. At the moment, we are not seeing growth in public housing, and public housing is being replaced by community housing.
Meanwhile, Victoria has the lowest level of Public Housing stock in the country, and the state plans plans to “retire and redevelop” the public housing towers over the coming decades. Our concerns lie with older tenants living in public housing high rises, older people on the waitlist for public housing and/or living in extremely unaffordable private rental, the use of public land, the impact of relocations, and the future of public housing.
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."