Federal Policy Recommendations

405,000 women aged 45 and over are at risk of homelessness in Australia. This is a national issue that is affecting women across the country in metropolitan, regional and rural settings. Multiple changes are required to our housing, retirement, and social services and income support systems to meaningfully address this issue. If we act now, we can reduce future social and economic costs and avoid placing additional pressure on already stretched homelessness and crisis response services.

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Federal Election Advocacy Toolkit

There is real momentum for change to address older person's homelessness across the country. Our voices are powerful. People speaking out and asking decision makers for action can shift government policy to improve housing outcomes for older people as a priority. This toolkit provides some tips for influencing your federal representatives

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At Risk 2021: Older Women and Family & Domestic Violence

27 Oct 2021
Older Women, Housing and Family Violence Panel - At Risk 2021 Forum. Jess Hill, author and journalist, convenes a panel discussion with Lived Experience Advocate. Suzanah-Jo Day, Nemat Kharboutli of Muslim Women Australia, and Jocelyn Bignold of McAuley Community Services for Women.You can see the whole panel, including the questions from audience members at https://youtu.be/sLCVGWsu3dg
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Send a message to your Federal Representatives

We need to turn our awareness of older womens homelessness into targeted action. Use this form to send a message to your elected representatives in Federal Parliament to let them know they need to act now.

At Risk 2021: Event Report

In September 2021, Housing for the Aged Action Group and University of Melbourne hosted an online event, At Risk 2021: Older women facing homelessness in Australia, from awareness to action. This report back from the forum examines the issues raised and outcomes from the event.

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At Risk 2021: Influencing for Change

13 Oct 2021
The At Risk 2021 forum Influencing for Change panel discussion heard about what works and doesnt work in trying to achieve change.  In this exerpt, we hear from Kate Colvin from the Everybody's Home Campaign, Kirsten Deane from the Melbourne Disability Institute about how they got the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and Anna Brown about the Marriage Equality fight.  You can see the entire panel discussion, including Alistair Webster from Building Better Homes, and the questions and answers here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klNrZ9XUGmI 
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New Housing Information Service Comes to Goulburn-Hume Region

A new housing information service for older people has come to the Goulburn Valley region, providing information and advice on housing options and practical support for older people at risk of homelessness.

Submission to the Inquiry into housing affordability and supply in Australia

The Federal Government must Incorporate Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning, fund targeted measures to increase affordable housing stock earmarked for older people, and incrementally remove Capital Gains Tax and Negative Gearing to create an equitable housing market.

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At Risk 2: Older women and three politicians address homelessness

22 Sep 2021
This is an exerpt from the At Risk 2: From Awareness to Action online forum held on 17 September.  It features two lived experience advocates, Linda Hahn and Penny Leemhius, and  questions and answers to our political panel - Tanya Plibesek MP from the Australian Labor Party, Larissa Waters MP from the Greens and Zali Stegal MP, Independent. To hear the whole panel, including the speeches from the panellists in full and a pre-recorded address from Senator Jane Hume, please go to our website: https://houseonfire.oldertenants.org.au/at-risk-forum/ 
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Submission to The Victorian Social Housing Regulation Review: Role of Regulation in sector accountability, viability and growth

We have grave concerns about the directions outlined in this discussion paper for the future of public housing, and the potential impact on potential and current social housing tenants. The implication that the private sector or non-government sector are better at managing housing, more efficient or innovative does not align with the experiences in other jurisdictions, yet the paper is peppered with these value assumptions.

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