NSW Government urged to ease pressure on renting households and urgently tackle unaffordable rents in the private rental housing

Joint Statement by Tenants’ Union of NSW, Shelter NSW, and the NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) along with Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG).

Older People and the Housing Crisis

The housing crisis is disproportionately impacting on some of the most disadvantaged people in our society. Despite the media’s attempt to pit the generations against each other with “boomer vs millennial” tropes, home ownership in this country is largely determined by intergenerational wealth transfer, rather than age. Yet often, the impact of the housing crisis on older people is hidden from view. This article by HAAG Executive office Fiona York was originally published in Chain Reaction.
 

Cranbourne Accessing Affordable Housing for Older LGBTIQA+ people info session

2 Oct 2023

Join our information session for older LGBTIQA+ community members about the experiences of housing stress and homelessness and how to access affordable housing at the Cranbourne Library.

Hampton Park Accessing Affordable Housing Info Session

16 Oct 2023

Are you skipping meals so you can afford your rent? Do you worry about your housing and how you can make ends meet? If this is you or someone you know, come along to this information session at Hampton Park Library in Narre Warren to find out how people aged 50+ can access affordable housing.  

Narre Warren Bunjil Place Accessing Affordable Housing Info Session

12 Oct 2023

Are you skipping meals so you can afford your rent? Do you worry about your housing and how you can make ends meet? If this is you or someone you know, come along to this information session at Bunjil Place Library in Narre Warren to find out how people aged 50+ can access affordable housing.  

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Older Tenants Voice Winter 2023

Get ready for the Winter edition of Older Tenants Voice, covering HAAGs many events and projects across all forms of older peoples housing

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A man and his dog

David was camping with his dog Timmy on the Murray River near Cobram. He had been on the priority housing waiting list for 5 years. David said he had contacted a crisis housing access point several times but he was told there was no housing.

He’d heard about a Housing Information session organized by HAAG at the Cobram Community Centre in February, and decided to come along!

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Barack Beacon residents fighting demolition of their public housing

Barack Beacon residents are fighting to stop the demolition of their housing in Port Melbourne. We look at the residents problems with the proposed demolition, and what they are doing to create a better solution for everyone.

Submission to the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Rental Fairness) Bill 2023

A fixed rental price must be advertised at the time a property is put up for rent. This advertised rate would act as a ceiling. Older people are already struggling to find affordable housing in an extremely competitive housing market. They are unlikely to be able to bid higher on properties on a limited income.

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