13th August 2015

The Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation has announced an Exploration Grant 'Homelessness Housing & Disadvantage' Impact Area for Housing for the Aged Action Group.The Exploration Grant Program is a very important part of the Foundation's commitment to supporting new ideas and solutions within impact areas...


 

August 2015

This submission is a response by Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) to the issues paper considering the General Exemption Order (GEO) related to license exemptions granted for the transmission, supply, distribution and sale of electricity in Victoria.

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By Beatrice Kelly. the Age 23 July 2015

Thirty-odd years ago when I was in my mid 30s, I saw an advertisement for a free financial counselling session at an inner-city community centre. I was interested: first, because the counsellor bore the same name as a dear brother of mine, a hopeless financial manager whom my father had bailed out more than once. But less flippantly, I wanted to buy my own place...

 


Underneath the Groundwork

22 Jul 2015
Shane and Jeff talk about Laying the Groundwork, the first stage of the Victorian Government review of the state's rental laws, with a focus on what this will mean for older renters. We look at the political context, the prospects for positive reforms, and what all this means for public housing. If you'd like to make a submission to the opening stage of the review you have until August 5, so check out the review paper here and of course, HAAG's website.
Listen in on 3cr.org.au

Shane and Jeff talk about Laying the Groundwork, the first stage of the Victorian Government review of the state's rental laws, with a focus on what it will mean for older renters.

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 By Judith Ireland - Sydney Morning Herald - Published: July 2, 2015 - 12:15AM

"Council (on the Ageing) chief executive Ian Yates is calling on governments to do more to address factors such as financial insecurity pushing more older women into poverty and homelessness"... Go to story here


9 Jul 2015

General Meeting held Thursday 9th July. HAAG  members  discussed the Victorian Government's Review of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997...

Editorial, The Age, Friday 26th June 2015

The basic human need for safe housing applies regardless of whether a person buys their own or rents from another. At a time when the number of people who can afford a first home is dwindling, there is much to applaud in the proposal being considered by the state government to offer renters long-term leases, perhaps up to 10 years...

Letter in the Age, Friday 26 June 2015

Housing for the Aged Action Group  welcomes  the progressive announcement by the state government to review the Residential Tenancies Act  ("Tenants could get leases of 10 years", 25/6).


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