Inquiry into the Rental and Housing Affordability Crisis in Victoria

HAAG welcomes the opportunity to provide input into the Inquiry into the Rental and Housing Affordability Crisis in Victoria. This submission is based on our experience delivering housing and related support services to older people, research and lived experiences of older people experiencing housing stress or homelessness in Australia. We especially acknowledge the contributions to this submission made by members of HAAG’s advisory groups including Retirement Accommodation Action Group (RAAG), LGBTQIA+ reference group and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) reference group.

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Murchison Accessing Affordable Housing Info Session

8 Aug 2023

Do you need help to find a home that you can afford? Our Home at Last service can provide people in the Goulburn-Hume region with information and support to find affordable, Public or Community Housing. We can assist you directly, or connect you with other services. Come along for a chat with Teresa and Joan about your Housing issues.

The Legacy of Victoria's Seniors Commissioner

12 Jul 2023
Fiona speaks to Gerard Mansour about his ten years as Victoria's Commissioner for Seniors and what he learnt from listening to the views and perspectives of 47000 older Victorians. We discuss the importance of Commissioner roles in raising the visibility of groups who are often invisible and ignored. and how having good housing contributes to "Ageing well".
Listen in on 3cr.org.au

Undercover Film Screening with Q&A

8 Aug 2023

As part of Homelessness Week, you are invited to attend a a screening of the documentary 'Undercover' to watch the complex and compelling stories of 10 diverse Australian women who are seeking to find a home to call their own.

Jack and Carlos

Jack and his dog Carlos had been living in his van for several years. He had no long-term housing since a family breakdown and had been moving regularly between different states in Australia. His daughter told him about the Home At Last service, so he called to find out if we could assist him.

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Lorraine Bedella Seniors Centre Community Education Session

6 Jul 2023

On Friday 7th of July, Stephanie Agius, Rebecca Cook, Fiona Waters visited the Lorraine Bedella Seniors Centre in Altona North to deliver information about accessing affordable housing and aged care navigation through the Care Finder program. Vanessa Heart, Peer Educator attends the Macedonian social group weekly and translated the session. 24 people attended the session. 3 were signed up as Care Finder clients and 13 people signed on as HAAG members.

Ageing in a housing crisis - Research Report Launch

10 Aug 2023

New original research conducted by Housing for the Aged Action Group by researchers at Swinburne University of Technology, Western Sydney University and Curtin University examining the housing circumstances of people aged 55 years and older, based on 2021 and 2011 Census analysis. The research launch will include both an analysis of the findings and the voices of people with a lived experience of homelessness, in a panel discussion introduced by Senator David Pocock.

Raising Older People's Voices

28 Jun 2023
Shane and Fiona speak to Rebecca Cook, HAAG's early intervention and community engagement worker, about how we raise the voices of older people in our community education and advocacy work. She talks about our working groups, and a new project to collect older women's housing histories,. Shane and Fiona then go on to talk about our plans for Canberra during Homelessness Week.
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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.
 

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