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Open Letter: Victoria must support financial counselling

HAAG supported Financial Counselling Victoria's (FCVic) 2027-28 State Budget Submission and an Open Letter signed by community organisations across Victoria, calling on the Victorian Government to make financial counselling a priority investment in the next State Budget.

Read the open letter here

Our West, Our Future - Werribee Assembly

15 Sep 2026

The Werribee Assembly is bringing together members from community organisations, faith communities, unions and other civil society organisations from across Melbourne's west and Geelong to strengthen relationships across our communities and have invited political representatives to listen to community leaders about the issues that matter most in our region. HAAG members will be attending the assembly and we'd love if you can join us!

Inquiry into renewable and affordable energy for apartments hears HAAG

The Victorian Inquiry into renewable and affordable energy for apartments has released it's final report, with many recommendations aligning with HAAG's submission, while stopping short on addressing challenges in caravan parks, retirement villages and other types of housing. 

Submission to the Inquiry into the Support at Home Program

The Support at Home (SaH) program aims to deliver a simpler and more equitable system that helps older people stay at home for longer. HAAG supports this aim. However, evidence indicates that the design and implementation of SaH, and the unresolved transition from CHSP, are creating new barriers to access, new financial risks, and new forms of service failure, particularly for older renters, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, and people without informal support networks.

Read our submission and recommendations here

Fixing Older People's Housing in the Victorian Election Campaign

Victorians are going to the polls in November 2026, and there has never been a better time to keep housing for older people on the agenda. HAAG has developed an election platform that priorises older people's housing. Read about what we are asking candidates to commit to and get involved in the election campaign here

Inquiry into NSW Human Rights Bill - Ageing on the Edge NSW Coalition Submission

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights stipulates that 'Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services.’ A rights-based framework would ensure that older people in NSW are able to exercise their rights related to housing, such as evictions, housing allocations and access to residential care at the appropriate time. The Ageing on the Edge NSW Coalition recommends the NSW Human Rights Bill be passed.

Read our submission to the Inquiry here

Views from the Bay - Homelessness Week documentary screening

7 Aug 2026

During Homelessness Week the Mornington Community Support Centre & Housing for the Aged Action Group are hosting a joint screening of Bay Views for All and The Ranch, bringing together two housing campaigns from far ends of Port Phillip Bay. 

Inquiry into Intergenerational Housing Inequity

Australia’s current housing crisis affects people differently at different stages of life and no age group or generation is immune to these challenges. While the data on wealth distribution across age groups, stagnant wages, rising housing costs demonstrate that housing situation for renting and home ownership is much worse now compared to what it was a few decades ago, this narrative of ‘boomers vs millennials’ risks misdirecting both public debate and policy responses on housing. The Australian housing market has been materially distorted by the concentration of property investors and policies that favour them coupled with decades of declining government investment in public and community housing.

Read our submission to the Inquiry into Intergenerational Housing Inequity

Tax reforms welcome but more needed for older people’s housing

HAAG congratulates the Albanese Government for taking the initiative to deliver much needed reform to negative gearing and the Capital Gains Tax Discount. It is a strong first step towards a fairer and more affordable housing market. It's a really good start towards shifting emphasis from housing as an investment, towards housing as a home. The revenue raised from winding back these incentives should be directly invested in increasing public and community housing stock.

Victorian Budget 2026-7 Response

‘Helping with the cost of living’ is a key pillar of Tuesday’s Victorian Budget, providing a number of initiatives aimed at reducing household costs. However, for the increasing numbers of older Victorians locked out of a secure and affordable home - the most basic need – the budget announcements provide minimal relief.

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