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.

Fair, efficient and affordable? Renters at VCAT

Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Shane talks to Noel Lim, CEO of Anika Legal, about their recently released report 'Unrepresented: Improving VCAT and RDRV for self-represented litigants'.

What is dwelling justice?

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Shane and Liz talk to David Kelly from the Centre for Urban Research about the Centre's research and the idea of dwelling justice. We also talk about legal changes to the rules for no-reason evictions and who'll be excluded from the new protections, and the winners of the Victorian government's Social Housing Volunteer Awards. 

Gender Responsive Housing at National Housing Conference

Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Shane and Fiona speak to Wendy Morris and Amity James about their participation at the National Housing Conference in Perth, where they both spoke on a panel about gender responsive housing policies. Wendy Morris is a HAAG member and Amity James is an Associate Professor at Curtin University. 

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. 

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/

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. 

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 

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. 

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.

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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