Raise the Roof Podcasts

HAAGs radio show Raise the Roof airs at 5:30pm every second Wednesday 3CR Community Radio 855AM. The show explores the latest in housing issues, older people and tenants rights.

In Her Shoes

Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Liz and Shane talk to Lucas Tresto from CHP about their forthcoming exhibition series Walk In Her Shoes, and what the homelessness sector can learn from people who've experienced homelessness. 
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Housing Older Women Movement Queensland

Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Maggie Shambrook from the Housing Older Women's Movement in Queensland tells us about the Housing Roundtable with the housing minister and the Movement's push for community-led housing as one solution to the housing crisis facing older people. https://housingolderwomen.org.au/
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Older Persons Housing and Health

Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Liz and Fiona hear from Bill McKenzie, public housing resident and advocate for better health options for older people in the high rises. We discuss the recent release of aged care packages by the Federal Government. We also chat about the anti-migration rallies blaming migrants for the housing crisis. 
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Nothing to FEAR?

Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Shane and Fiona talk to Emily Southwell, Principal lawyer at Anika Legal about their new project, FEAR - Fear of Eviction Action Research - looking at retaliatory evictions in private renting. Find out more at anikalegal.com 
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Health, housing and severe weather events

Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Shane and Liz talk to Primary Care Connect CEO Tricia Quibbell about their work on community health in regional Victoria, and the impacts of severe weather events. Then Shane talks to Fiona about her experiences giving evidence to a parliamentary inquiry about the public housing tower demolitions. 
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Housing and elder abuse

Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Priya from Thursday Breakfast speaks to Fiona about Housing for the Aged Action Group's new research report on the impacts of housing on elder abuse.
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Older Women's Housing in Queensland

Wednesday, July 9, 2025
We're talking to Tegan Haslam from Housing Older Women's Support Service.
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Cantonese voices from the Towers

Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Fiona speaks to Uncle Tim, via a Cantonese interpreter, about his experience living in one of the public housing towers which is due to be demolished. He gives his thoughts about how the information has been communicated with him and other residents, and the Government plans for the site.You can find out more about the Inquiry into the demolition of the 44 Public Housing Towers here: https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved/inquiries/publichousingtowers/hearings
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Vietnamese highrise residents speak

Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Fiona and Liz hear from Dao and Thi, Vietnamese residents who live in one of the Richmond high rises scheduled to be demolished as part of the public housing renewal program. 
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Helping older people in regional Victoria

Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Shane and Fiona speak to regional workers Teresa and Anne about the work they do supporting older people to access housing in regional Victoria. This work is entirely funded by the Ian Rollo Currie Foundation. If you want to support the program head to www.oldertenants.org.au/donate or call HAAG on (03) 96547389
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