Campaigns

Women in Super Roadshow: The Housing Crisis Facing Australian Women

10 Nov 2020

Older women were already the fastest growing cohort of the homeless before COVID struck. There is now a very real concern that many will never work again. This has not been helped by a significant lack of explicit policy measures in the recent budget to invest in sectors employing women and those over 50.

Heading South - Older People at Risk of Homelessness in Tasmania


This report provides a brief snapshot of homelessness and the risk of homelessness for people aged 55 years and over in Tasmania.

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Older Tenants Voice - Spring 2020

This spring we farewell our old chairperson, welcome new staff, and keep you up to date with all of HAAGs projects and services.

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National forum fans flames for action on Older Women's Homelessness

At Risk: Older Women facing Homelessness in Australia - launching two reports detailing the burning issue of 405,000 older women at risk homelessness and the challenges many of them face living in the private rental sector. Watch the presentations from the event here

At Risk: 405,000 older women risk homelessness without urgent policy reform

405,000 women aged 45 years and over are estimated as being at risk of homelessness.

PDF icon Policy snapshot and Key Findings

PDF icon Final Report: Understanding the population size and demographics of older women at risk of homelessness in Australia

At Risk: Older women facing homelessness in Australia

4 Aug 2020

You are invited to the launch of two reports:

“At Risk: understanding the population size and demographics of older women at risk of homelessness in Australia”, commissioned by Social Ventures Australia, written by Dr Debbie Faulkner and Laurence Lester, University of Adelaide

“Older women in the private rental sector: unaffordable, substandard and insecure housing” by Dr Emma Power, Western Sydney University.

This event will be held on Zoom - Please Register and you will be emailed a link to access the meeting on the day prior to the event.

Brief presentations will be followed by Q&A.

Older Tenants Voice - Winter 2020

Our winter newsletter is packed with information on our response to the coronavirus, the lockdown, along with our many projects and services. And for the first time it incorporates the National Alliance of Seniors for Housing stories from around the country.

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Older Victorians have No place to call home

Today HAAG released a report showing the extent of the housing crisis for older Victorians. Written by Dr Debbie Faulkner from the University of South Australia, it combines census data with data from Specialist Homelessness Services to closely examine the housing circumstances of people aged 55+ in Victoria.

 

No Place to Call Home: Older People at Risk of Homelessness in Victoria

Homelessness is a rapidly growing problem in Victoria. Between the 2006 and 2016 Census the number of people experiencing homelessness in Victoria increased from a rate of 35.3 per 10,000 population to 41.9 per 10,000 population. A desperate shortage of affordable housing and skyrocketing rents are driving more and more people, from diverse backgrounds, out of their homes and into homelessness.

Belying the old stereotypes of homeless people being “rough sleepers: with complex needs, the fastest growing cohorts of people becoming homeless are women and older people. For many homeless means couch sur ng, living in severe overcrowding,
and temporarily in rooming houses and emergency accommodation.

This report examines the cohort of older people, over 55 years old, who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless. During the same period between 2006 and 2016, older persons homelessness grew by 58 per cent. Drawing on Census, as well as Specialist Homelessness Services data from across the state, this report examines the makeup of this growing and often hidden demographic of homeless people.

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Warm, Safe Home Forum

18 Jun 2020

This online panel discussion will allow local service providers to respond to an elder abuse case study informed by the current Covid-19 pandemic

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