Behind the glossy brochures and satisfaction surveys, unscrupulous retirement housing operators hide a dirty secret: they are making a fortune from retirement residents' nest eggs.

We are campaigning to:

  1. Establish a Retirement Housing Ombudsman
  2. Put a stop to excessive fees
  3. Introduce mandatory minimum training and accreditation standards
  4. Reduce the complexity of contracts

Read more about these key demands

What can we do?

- Join the Retirement Accommodation Working Group

Are you passionate about retirement housing reform? Our Retirement Accomodation Working Group meet regularly to work together for change.

Find out more and join the group!

- Write to the Premier

Send your message to Premier Daniel Andrews and ask him to commit to the sensible recommendations in the Parliamentary report, to make housing for older Victorians affordable and fair.

Send your message

- Write to your MP

Let your elected representative know that Retirement Housing Matters to you!

Download a template letter

- Meet with your MP

Meeting with your MP can be daunting but they need to hear from us! Here are some resouces to help

Advocacy Kit

Retirement Housing Matters is a campaign partnership Consumer Action Law Centre (link is external), Council on the Ageing (link is external), Residents of Retirement Villages Victoria and Housing for the Aged Action Group.