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Welcome

Please note that the Forum venue has now reached capacity, therefore we are not able to take any more registrations for the event. If you would like to add your name to a wait list in case of cancellations, please email lucy@conferenceworks.com.au.

Date: Thursday 30th June 2011
Time: 9.30am to 4.15pm
Venue: Cinema 1, Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), Federation Square, Melbourne.

This event will highlight the growing problem of older people experiencing homelessness in Australia and discuss ways of tackling this issue. While the Commonwealth Government’s White paper on Homelessness The Road Home announced some important targeted initiatives to assist some specific high need groups of older people, there is a much larger problem emerging for thousands of older people who are at risk of homelessness. The forum will hear about the latest research and the current responses from community agencies that are assisting older people in crisis. Most importantly the forum will hear directly from older people who have been threatened with the loss of their home. A major focus of the event will be a discussion on a possible framework for a government strategy to address the emerging problem of housing an ageing population, and how Australia can best respond to the increasing numbers of older people who are faced with a housing crisis.

Confirmed keynote speakers include Professor Andrew Jones, Director, AHURI Queensland Research Centre, who will discuss research on older people and homelessness; Dr Shelley Mallett, General Manager of Research and Organisation Development, and Trish Westmore, Researcher, both at Hanover Welfare Services will present their work on homelessness service pathways for older people; and Barbara Squires, General Manager Ageing, The Benevolent Society will present ideas around the importance of innovative older persons’ housing models based on her organisation’s ground-breaking initiative The Ocean Street Project.

A special edition of Council to Homeless Persons’ Parity will be launched during the forum by the Hon. Mark Arbib, Commonwealth Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness.

The inaugural national meeting of the key agencies assisting older people at risk of homelessness through the Assistance with Care and Housing for the Aged (ACHA) Program, will also be held on the day preceding the forum, Wednesday 29 June 2011. For further information and bookings go to HAAG’s website http://www.oldertenants.org.au/ or call HAAG on (03) 9654 7389.

Housing for the Aged Action Group

Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) assists older people on low incomes who have housing problems, holds regular general meetings, has an annual statewide forum, visits country regions of Victoria, conducts research, runs campaigns, and meets with government representatives on critical housing issues for older people.

There are 4 main services offered:

  • Housing Options
  • Private Renters Assistance
  • Outreach Care & Housing
  • Retirement Housing Advice and Support.

For additional information about HAAG please visit www.oldertenants.org.au or call HAAG on (03) 9654 7389.