Hear the lions roar - Footscray Lions Village

22 Feb 2023
Fiona and Shane speak to Anicia, Violet, Elvie and David about the Footscray Lions Village redevelopment and their hopes for the future.To read more about the United Housing Co-op and Lions Club partnership to build 55+ womens housing, see https://www.unitedhousing.org.au/news/united-housing-co-operative-big-housing-build/To sign the Sweltering Cities petition for better cooling in rental housing see 
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Decades of Housing Decline: 2011 & 2021 Census Analysis Queensland

New census data shows that over the last ten years, the housing circumstances for people aged 55 years and older in Queensland have gotten worse. This report is based on original research conducted for Housing for the Aged Action Group by researchers at Swinburne University of Technology, Western Sydney University and Curtin University.

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International Womens Day Crafternoon

8 Mar 2023

CANCELLED: Join HAAGies for an afternoon of crafting, making a paper quilt that recognises a woman's right to a safe, secure and affordable home

New South Wales Election 2023

HAAG is calling on the NSW Government to implement the recommendations of the Inquiry into Homelessness amongst Older People Aged Over 55 in NSW

Cobram Neighbourhood House Housing Information Session

28 Feb 2023

Come along and let’s chat about your housing issues. If you are over 50 and in private rental accommodation, you could be at risk of becoming homeless. Let us help/support you to fill in a housing application form.

ABC Radio Shepparton Interviews HAAG Outreach Workers

Anne Maher, Theresa Jasper-Dennis and Joan Broughan from Housing for the Aged Action Group talked to ABC Breakfast Radio in response to the latest announcement of another interest rate rise.

What we really think about the NSW government

8 Feb 2023
This week HAAG headed to Sydney to talk about older people's housing issues ahead of the upcoming state election. On this episode, I talk to HAAG member Michelle about living in a caravan park and organising for housing justice, and Fiona York about new research on the lives and needs of older renters in NSW. 
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NSW staring down crisis as more older people than ever before are renting or paying off a mortgage as they reach retirement age

The proportion of people over 55 and renting or paying off their mortgage in New South Wales is higher than ever before, according to analysis of the 2021 Census

Decades of Housing Decline: 2011 & 2021 Census Analysis NSW

New census data shows that over the last ten years, the housing circumstances for people aged 55 years and older in NSW have gotten worse. This report is based on original research conducted for Housing for the Aged Action Group by researchers at Swinburne University of Technology, Western Sydney University and Curtin University.

Read the report

February General Meeting - Recognising and Responding to Elder Abuse

16 Feb 2023

Our first General Meeting of 2023 is putting the spotlight on Elder Abuse. What is it, how to recognise it, and how we can respond to put an end to elder abuse.

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