In Queensland HAAG has supported the establishment of the Housing Older Women's Support Service. We also work with the Housing Older Women's Movement advocating for more housing solutions for older women

Action Updates

Getting the wheels rolling for older women's housing in Queensland

HAAG participated in the first-ever Community-led Housing (CLH) Roundtable in Queensland, led by the Queensland Housing Minister and bringing together government representatives, sector leaders  and academics, alongside Q Shelter, the Housing Older Women Movement (HOWM) and individuals with lived experience of housing insecurity and homelessness.
 

Queensland State Election

HAAG’s recent research has found that over the last ten years, the housing circumstances for older Queenslanders is getting worse. Read our policy recommendations and download our guide to meeting with your candidates and MP's

Queensland State Election 2024

Queenslanders are going to the polls in October 2024. HAAG’s recent research has found that over the last ten years, the housing circumstances for older Queenslanders is getting worse. Now is a great time to be talking about the need for more action on housing for older Queenslanders! 

Things Will Be Different screening Brisbane

20 May 2024

Things Will Be Different is a documentary film exploring two neighbours’ experiences of displacement as they are forced to relocate from their Public Housing estate when it was sold for private redevelopment. The film explores the impact of losing one’s home and the important role public housing plays in our communities.

HAAG & HOW at the Gold Coast Housing Symposium

The Gold Coast Homelessness Symposium is an event put on by the Gold Coast Homelessness network, an active group of service providers and individuals who are working towards solutions for the housing crisis in their region. In March 2024, organisers invited Fiona York as key note speaker at their symposium "Housing older Australians – Now and into the future", where she presented the data from HAAG's Ageing in a housing crisis report.

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