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Summer December 2016

Newsletter December Summer 2016 Older Tenants' Voice

'A Home for Diversity' Project Report

A Home for diversity is a 6 month project that aimed to increase the capacity of homelessness services to work with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The project provided training to housing workers, particularly those who work with older people. This training was provided by the Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health, in collaboration with Housing for the Aged Action Group.

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Remembering Carmel

22 Mar 2017

Carmel McMennemin was a longtime member of HAAG who sadly passed away a few weeks ago, and on today's show we celebrate her memory and the values she spent her life fighting for.

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Wantirna Residents Action Group

22 Feb 2017

Wantirna Caravan Park has around 200 residents, many of them older people, who have been told the park will close after a developer built the land. Now those residents face eviction, but they're not taking it lying down. Guest host Aoife Cooke brings us audio from a recent meeting organised by the residents to demand better treatment and protection for themselves and other park residents.

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New study reveals the pitfalls of renting in Australia

A detailed new survey of Australian renters has confirmed what HAAG has always said – that the private rental market lacks security and that tenants put up with substandard conditions for fear of eviction if they complain. As the Andrews government considers its options for the ongoing Residential Tenancies Act review, we hope they will take this on amid the growing evidence that we need to radically revamp rental laws to make sure that everyone can enjoy a safe and secure home.

Shane McGrath, HAAGs Tenancy worker spoke on ABC 774 on 2nd March regarding long-term leases. A summary of HAAGs position on the issue is below:

Longer leases are one important step to improve security of tenure for older renters and it’s encouraging that the government is working on this
Longer leases in themselves do not improve security of tenure, so it’s important to see the details of the plan before we get too excited
We continue to call on the government to abolish no-reason notices to vacate and build more public housing to provide real improvements in security of tenure for older renters

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The Australian Rental Report 2017

The first survey of Australian renters has been carried out and the results tell a pretty grim story for the growing number of renters out there. You've heard HAAG harp about this for years, now finally it's backed up by an independant study, one that has been getting a lot of attention.

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Federal Government Plans to Axe Housing Fund

Thursday 16th February 2017

Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) is appalled at reports that the Turnbull government plans to axe the National Affordable Housing Agreement (NAHA) in the May 2017 budget. This agreement between Federal and State governments provides the only Commonwealth funding for housing and homelessness services...

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COTA Submission to SA Government

February 2017 - COTA SA

COTA's submission provides recommendations for the Government of South Australia to consider as it formulates its 2017-18 Budget. Within their Housing section, they reference HAAGs own Home at Last service and suggest trialing such a service in SA...

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