Data shows that over the last ten years, housing circumstances for older people in Victoria have gotten worse. We need these measures to prevent more older people from experiencing homelessness.
Improving housing options and preventing homelessness for a growing number of older people at risk of or experiencing homelessness as they age will be discussed today when Ministers, housing experts and people with lived experience of the housing crisis come together at Victorian parliament.
Greens talk housing
28 Aug 2024
Shane talks to Gabrielle de Vietri, Greens spokesperson for housing
Launch of the report “Not rich enough, not poor enough: Older people falling through the housing assistance eligibility gap” followed by a discussion on solutions to address the needs of older people who are experiencing housing stress living in the private rental market but ineligible for Public or Community Housing.
Wednesday 16th October, 11am – 12:30pm Level 4, Queen Victoria Women’s Centre, 210 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
• Professor Wendy Stone, Swinburne University of Technology; • Dr Piret Veeroja, Swinburne University of Technology • Fiona York, Executive Officer HAAG • Emma Greenhalgh, CEO National Shelter • Lived experience speakers • Others TBC
HAAG welcomes the opportunity to provide input into National Housing and Homelessness Plan Bill 2024. We appreciate Senator David Pocock, Kylea Tink MP and other members for their efforts bring this Bill forward and echo the support from the community sector organisations. Among other things, the submission below outlines the housing and homelessness related challenges of older people and the need to specifically recognise their needs.
HAAG’s recent research has found that over the last ten years, the housing circumstances for older Queenslanders is getting worse. Read our policy recommendations and download our guide to meeting with your candidates and MP's
Fairer fees for residential parks?
24 Jul 2024
Fiona and Shane talk to Steve, a resident from Lifestyle Communities involved in an upcoming VCAT case challenging some of the fees charged to residents.
Melbourne, July 15: Land lease communities need better regulation to protect older people from mistreatment, according to Housing for the Aged Action Group.
Today a story published by the ABC highlighted problematic deferred management fees charged by some land lease communities or residential parks. These often-exorbitant fees make it extremely difficult for older people who have purchased properties in these communities to leave.
Housing for the Aged Action Group's Home at Last service is the first point of call of many older women living in Victoria who find themselves on the brink of, or experiencing, homelessness.
Marie Sillars and Wendy Morris from the National Alliance of Seniors for Housing, and Susan Hawkeswood from the Ageing on the Edge NSW Lived Experience Group.
As Australia's housing crisis has worsened, a diverse group of older people from across the nation has come together with a common goal. By speaking about their own experiences of this crisis they hope to build an awareness of how it impacts people as they grow older, and to add their voices to those calling for a fairer housing system, one which ensures everyone living in Australia has access to a safe, stable, accessible and affordable home.
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."