Larissa Waters Instagram – I met with Fiona and Dini from Housing for the Aged Action Group, as well as Vanessa and Helen who shared their experiences finding housing as older women.
Our meeting was both devastating and inspiring, and the Greens fully support their calls for more affordable and public housing, and better management and maintenance of existing stock. There’s no point putting women and older people into homes that aren’t fit for climate change when that is exactly the group of people most impacted by drastic weather changes.
My Greens colleague @mchandlermather also announced this week that we want to see the definition of affordable changed so that rent will be either 25% of a tenant’s income or 70% of market rate – whichever is lower. This policy would go a long way towards improving the rising risk of homelessness amongst older women. | Posted on 30/Jun/2024 06:24:10
