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.
The spring edition of Older Tenants Voice covers all the news from our working groups and events, some big news for retirement housing residents and our regional project, and much more.
Maggie Shambrook from the Housing Older Women's Movement in Queensland tells us about the Housing Roundtable with the housing minister and the Movement's push for community-led housing as one solution to the housing crisis facing older people. https://housingolderwomen.org.au/
The Australian Capital Territory Parliament has enshrined the right to housing as a human right! HAAG supported this legislation through our submission, and we call on all other states and territories to follow suit.
Older Persons Housing and Health
10 Sep 2025
Liz and Fiona hear from Bill McKenzie, public housing resident and advocate for better health options for older people in the high rises. We discuss the recent release of aged care packages by the Federal Government. We also chat about the anti-migration rallies blaming migrants for the housing crisis.
Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) welcomes all members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex & Asexual (LGBTIQA+) communities to access our housing services, to participate in our organisation and our campaigns for housing justice, and to work with us.
Our service helps people in towns across North Central Victoria, covering parts of the Goulburn Valley and Loddon-Campaspe regions. Our local workers can arrange to meet in your town. They also hold regular information sessions in Neighbourhood Houses across the region.
The new Support at Home program, implemented in response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, aims to ensure ‘a simpler and more equitable system for older people that helps them to stay at home for longer’. While HAAG supports this vision, we hold grave concerns about whether the implementation of the program will meet the needs of older people in precarious housing.
Shane and Fiona talk to Emily Southwell, Principal lawyer at Anika Legal about their new project, FEAR - Fear of Eviction Action Research - looking at retaliatory evictions in private renting. Find out more at anikalegal.com
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."