Campaigns

Commissioner for Residential Tenancies

22 Nov 2023
Shane and Steph talk to Victoria's Commissioner for Residential Tenancies, Heather Holst, about her role and the problems faced by renters (and especially older renters) in the state. 
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Not even stagnating: renters rights and the Victorian Housing Statement

8 Nov 2023
Shane and Reuben talk to Louisa Bassini, the Acting Director of Legal Practice at Inner Melbourne Community Legal, about the Victorian government's recent Housing Statement, focusing on the government's plans to demolish all the city's public housing highrises and what that means for current public housing tenants. We also talk more broadly about renters rights and the housing situation in Melbourne. 
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Submission to the National Housing and Homelessness Plan

The National Housing and Homelessness plan is an opportunity to inform decision makers about the situation for older people who can't afford rent, and put pressure on them to implement real solutions to the issues we face. HAAG made this comprehensive submission with recommendations covering homelessness, homelessness services, housing costs, home ownership, rental, planning, zoning and development, climate change and housing security.

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Submission to the new Aged Care Act

HAAG's recommends that the new Act recognise diversity characteristics and the impact of housing and homelessness on Aged Care Service Provision. There should be better collaboration and coordination between governments and departments, and funding for additional, tailored specialist housing support services for older people.

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Older women at the National Housing Conference

11 Oct 2023
Shane talks to Fiona, Linda and Michelle, who are all attending the National Housing Conference in Brisbane this week, about their impressions of the conference and what we need to build housing justice for older people. I also talk about some events HAAG is running or participating in as part of this month's Seniors Festival.
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Submission to the Inquiry into the worsening rental crisis in Australia

Our submission to the Federal Inquiry into the worsening rental crisis in Australia recommends to develop a consultative framework and national plan for rental reform, build 26,000 public and community homes per year across the country, fund a range of housing options including affordable housing, regulate short-stay accommodation, increase funding to services that are designed to support older people to navigate the housing system, increase income support payments, ensure social and affordable housing stock to be adaptable to climate change and embed universal housing design principles, implement measures to incrementally remove Capital Gains Tax and Negative Gearing, and incorporate and incentivise Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning.

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This supplementary submission addresses the question on notice in relation to rent freezes and some additional information not covered in our previous submission.

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Housing Justice Summit

8 Oct 2023

The housing crisis is the worst in living memory. It is a humanitarian disaster. 750,000 people live in housing stress and are in desperate need of secure housing. What is on offer from federal and state governments is grossly inadequate and set to make the situation worse. Hear from a panel of activist researchers, unionists and housing activists from all over the country discuss how to achieve housing justice.

Statements and Rants

27 Sep 2023
In a special double-Fiona episode, Shane and Fiona are joined by Fiona 2.0 to discuss some events HAAG is running as part of this year's Seniors Festival - retirement housing, quilting and more. Then we talk about the Andrews Government's recent Housing Statement, including some faint praise and a short list of okay announcements before we get to the really bad stuff in this garbage bag of antisocial policies. 
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Ten Year National Housing and Homelessness Plan - Key messages and submission guide

The Federal Government has released a discussion paper for the 10-year National Housing and Homelessness Plan, to be released in 2024. We have been calling for a national plan for many years, and see this as a good opportunity to achieve change. Submissions don’t have to be lengthy documents - simply describing your experiences and views will make a worthy submission. We’ve also prepared a guide to help write your submission, and respond to the key points for discussion.

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National Housing and Homelessness Plan submission guide

On Monday 7 August the Federal Government published an issues paper for the 10 year National Housing and Homelessness Plan. This Plan will be developed in 2023 and is expected to be released in 2024. It is important opportunity to achieve the changes for older renters and people experiencing homelessness. Making a submission helps to inform decision makers about the situation for older people who can't afford rent, and put pressure on them to implement real solutions to the issues we face.

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