Raise the Roof

Fiona and Leonie from HAAG talk to Myfan Jordan from Per Capita about her new research on cohousing and aged care in the first of a two-part interview exploring older women's housing issues. You can read more about her research here. 

Fiona and Pam from HAAG chat to Maurya from Voices of the South Side about the Homeless Memorial in St Kilda and the event held annually in July to remember homeless people who have passed away. 

Fiona & Pam chat to Susan and Margaret, two of our volunteers, about how they can help people to navigate the aged care system, including how to access home care and how to register on the My Aged Care portal.  We also discuss other ways to get involved with HAAG including the working groups and General meetings, and the benefits of becoming a member.

Shane and Fiona talk to Rebecca Edwards, principal lawyer at Seniors Rights Victoria about elder abuse, what to look out for and how older people can protect themselves.  We also discuss how elder abuse can lead to housing insecurity.

Shane & Fiona chat to Maryanne Wright, one of HAAG's peer educators, about our community education program run by women with a lived experience of being at risk of homelessness.  Maryanne comments on the huge change having stable affordable housing makes for these women's health and wellbeing, and discusses the reality of living on newstart in your late 50's. 

Shane and Pam chat with Fiona Waters, one of HAAG's retirement housing workers, about how to start a residents committee and how they can assist residents of retirment housing to assert their rights.

In a special Radiothon episode, Pam, Fiona and Shane share highlights from the last year of HAAG broadcasting. If you're seeing this before the end of June, it's not too late to make a donation to help keep HAAG and 3cr on the air.

Without our volunteers and other members, HAAG would just be another bland community group. For volunteer week we hear from a number of volunteers about the work they do and their reasons for doing it. #wagesforvolunteers

On the eve of the Federal Election, Pam and Fiona chat with Leonie Bessant about the National Alliance for Seniors Housing and what they are hoping for from a Federal Government to address the housing affordability crisis.  We also discuss the recent amendments in Victoria to the Residential Tenancies Act and what older renters should be aware of. 

Pam and Fiona chat to Jeanette Large from Women's Property initiatve about their older women's housing pilot program, building housing for older women with a small amount of savings. 

Fiona and Pam interview the recipeints of the Molly Hadfield and Frances Penington Awards for outstanding volunteering by social housing tenants.  We hear from Suzie Mcoll in Williamstown, Joan Mitchell and Andie Sweeney in Sheparton and Erika Lodge in Kensington. 

Shane and Pam interview Peter from Social Security Rights Victoria, about your rights on the pension and Newstart, and the impact on housing affordability.

Introducing HAAG's new twice-monthly timeslot, Shane, Fiona and Pam talk about older people's housing issues and activism and we hear from two HAAG members who have recently moved into public housing.

Voices of the South Side is a social inclusion and community-building program running out of Port Melbourne Neighbourhood Centre. We talk to Deb McIntosh, who runs the program, and a participant named Maurya about her experiences of homelessness and how VOSS helped her reconnect with her community. 

Shane and Pam talk to Fiona York from HAAG about our new Service Navigator program, which will help people navigate the aged care system, as well as HAAG's expanding national project, and what we learnt from our stall at Midsumma Carnival.

Shane and Pam talk to HAAG's Fiona York about what 2018 brought - both for the organisation and for older people's housing issues more broadly.

Shane and Pam from HAAG talk to Pauline from Val's LGBTI Ageing and Aged Care about the specific housing needs of LGBTI older people, and what the state election results mean for older people's housing in Victoria.

Shane and Pam talk to outgoing HAAG manager April Bragg about decades of work and struggle for public housing. April talks about successful campaigns by public housing tenants of the 70s and 80s for security of tenure and against eviction. Great anecdotes about eviction resistance, direct action and the vital role of working class women in the struggles for housing justice. 

Shane and Pam discuss the latest news around older peoples' housing in Victoria, with an emphasis on the government's Residential Tenancies Act Amendment Bill and the possible changes to tenancy laws that will benefit older renters.

Shane talks to HAAG members Maryanne and Jane about their experiences of private rental, homelessness and homelessness services, and what needs to change for older renters. Plus news about older people's housing issues. As mentioned during the show, if you're dealing with Centrelink and want some support or advice you can contact the Australian Unemployed Workers Union or Social Security Rights Vi...

This month we talk to the volunteers and staff at the Barkly St Food Bank, recent winners of this year's Molly Hadfield award, named for the HAAG founder and celebrating outstanding services to older tenants. 

This month we talk to HAAG member Vijay about her experiences as a radio host in India as well as her housing struggles in Australia. Gemma tells us about a new project to increase involvement of people from CALD backgrounds at HAAG. Shane gives an update on HAAG's retirement housing project including important casework and lobbying work. 

Shane talks to Maurine, a retirement village resident who's been trying to get management to fix a leak in her unit for over six months. Why is it so hard to resolve disputes in retirement villages? Plus, how she avoided the boot factory as an adolescent. We also hear from a couple of happy HAAG members about their experiences of homelessness and housing stress, and how things worked out for them....

HAAG manager Fiona York talks about the organsation's prize-winning efforts as we work to smash homelessness and housing stress for older people. If you want to get in touch about anything on the show please call us on 9654 7389.