Housing for the Aged Action Group

A fact sheet developed for members to use when talking to candidates about affordable housing in the upcoming local government elections in October.

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September 2016

This submission is a response by Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) to the ‘Alternate forms of tenure’ issues paper forming a part of the review of the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA).

HAAG would like to acknowledge that the submission was compiled with contribution from our members, specifically the Independent Living Unit (ILU) working group and the Caravan and Residential Parks and Villages (CARPAV) working group, and this forms the foundation of our response...

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August 2016

This submission is a response by Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) to the General Exemption Order (GEO) draft position paper.

This response relates specifically to the exemptions granted to caravan and residential park owners and operators supplying and on-selling electricity through an embedded network, and the consequent impact on long term tenants and residents.

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August 2016

This submission is a response by Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) to the ‘Regulation of property conditions’’ issues paper forming a part of the review of the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA).

HAAG would like to acknowledge that the submission was compiled with contribution from our members and that this forms the foundation of our response.

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The charity HammondCare says despite Sydney having twice as many homeless as Melbourne, there are only a third as many beds for the older homeless than in Melbourne.

HammondCare in Sydney  are going to set up the first Wintringham-type aged care facility for older homeless people.

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Shane and Aoife talk about HAAG's recent research report- 'Independent Voices' that investigates the experiences of people living in Independent Living Units.

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