NSW Ageing on the Edge Forum
The NSW Ageing on the Edge Forum is a coalition of over 140 organisations and supporters. The members of the Forum are advocates for change, including older people with lived experience of homelessness, service providers, peak advocacy bodies and private sector organisations, working together to address housing and homelessness related issues of older people.
The Coordination Group of the NSW Ageing on the Edge Forum comprises of:
Latest New South Wales Campaign Updates
Inquiry into NSW Human Rights Bill – Ageing on the Edge NSW Coalition Submission
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights stipulates that ‘Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services.’ A rights-based framework would ensure that older people in NSW are able to exercise their rights related to housing, such as evictions, housing allocations and access to residential care at the appropriate time. The Ageing on the Edge NSW Coalition recommends the NSW Human Rights Bill be passed. Read our submission to the Inquiry here …Posted in: Joint Statements, Submissions, Campaigns, New South Wales
Listening to older women struggling to find housing in NSW and Qld
Fiona and Liz talk to Therese Hall about her recently completed PhD, where she interviewed 36 older women about their experiences in trying to find housing and navigate the unfriendly housing and homelessness systems in northern rivers area of NSW and Gold Coast region of Qld. …Posted in: Podcasts, Older Women, New South Wales, Queensland
Submission to Audit Office of NSW Social Housing Review
Our submission draws on the lived experiences of older people applying for, and living in, social housing in NSW. We recommend that trauma informed approaches are taken with everyone applying for social housing and that older people are treated with dignity and respect, and highlight the need for a specialist older persons’ housing information and support service to support older people to navigate the social housing system and establish tenancies. Read our submission …Posted in: Submissions, Campaigns, New South Wales
Submission to NSW Homelessness Strategy 2025 – 2035
HAAG welcomes the opportunity to provide input into the NSW Draft Homelessness Strategy 2025 – 2035. We especially acknowledge the contributions to this submission made by members of HAAG’s advisory groups including NSW Lived Experience Acton Group (LEAG), National Alliance of Seniors for Housing (NASH), Retirement Accommodation Action Group (RAAG), LGBTQIA+ reference group and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) reference group. …Posted in: Submissions, Campaigns, New South Wales
Ageing on the Edge NSW Pre-Budget Submission 2025-26
The NSW Ageing on the Edge Pre-Budget Submission provides proposals to address the housing crisis for older people in NSW who are experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. We call on the NSW government to: fund a specialist older persons’ housing information and support service that comprises both an early intervention and crisis response; lower the priority age for social housing eligibility from 80 years as a matter of urgency; and build 5,000 social homes per year for 10 years, 20% of which should be dedicated to older people. Read the NSW Ageing on the Edge Pre-Budget Submission …Posted in: National Alliance of Seniors for Housing, Submissions, Campaigns, New South Wales
Submission to NSW Residential Tenancies Amendment (Prohibiting No Grounds Evictions) Bill 2024
Currently, the private rental sector does not provide security of tenure, affordability or accessibility for older low-income households. For renting in retirement to be as secure as home ownership, it requires proper regulation and legislative reform to enable older people to age in place, in the communities that they are familiar with and close to their social networks. Read our submission here …Posted in: Submissions, Campaigns, New South Wales
“We all deserve a lot better”
Shane talks to Yumi Lee, CEO of the Older Women’s Network NSW, about the housing crisis facing older people in NSW, and the inadequate response from the state’s Labor government. Don’t forget you can still donate to 3CR to keep shows like ours on the air at our radiothon page. …Posted in: Podcasts, Older Women, Campaigns, New South Wales
NSW budget leaves older people out in the cold
Sydney, June 18: Older people who are experiencing homelessness, couch surfing, and housing insecurity will continue to miss out on critical support that could prevent and end instances of homelessness, the latest NSW budget reveals. …Posted in: News Updates, Campaigns, New South Wales
Ageing On The Edge NSW Coalition Meeting March 2024
At the latest gathering of the Ageing on Edge NSW Coalition we heard from Alex Greenwich MP, Minister Rose Jackson and Rental Commissioner Trina Jones. The campaign is building support for our key targets of creating a specialist housing support service for older people, lowering the priority age for priority housing access from 80 years, and building more Public and Community housing. …Posted in: News Updates, Campaigns, New South Wales
Improving NSW rental laws Consultation Paper
The NSW Ageing on the Edge Forum is a coalition of about 150 organisational supporters and members. The members of the Forum are advocates for change, including older people with lived experience of homelessness, service providers, peak advocacy bodies and private sector organisations, working together to address housing and homelessness related issues of older people. Ageing on the Edge Coalition endorses the submissions and the recommendations of Shelter NSW and COTA NSW to this consultation paper. Read the Submission …Posted in: Submissions, Renter's rights, Campaigns, New South Wales
Housing Justice Summit
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. …Posted in: Events, Campaigns, Federal Campaigns, New South Wales, Take Action
Business Case for Specialist Housing Information & Support Service for People 55+ in NSW
A business case outlining how a gap gap in housing services for older people can be filled by establishing a service providing specialist housing information and support. Read the business case
Read the powerpoint presentation …Posted in: Reports, Campaigns, New South Wales
Ageing on the Edge is a project of Housing for the Aged Action Group supported by the Wicking Trust
