The Housing Older Women (HOW) Movement is led by women with a lived experience of homelessness, housing stress and insecurity. We represent the voices of Older Women impacted by the housing crisis to those with the power, influence, interest and commitment to bring about the necessary changes so that Queensland Older Women have safe, secure, and affordable housing appropriate to their needs which fosters wellbeing and enables ageing in place.
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Affordable In Perpetuity
Transforming the Australian Dream into a Sustainable Reality: Making Affordable Housing Accessible for Everyone Grounded – CLT Australia Listen to an interesting interview between Fran Kelly and Dr Louise Crabtree Hayes on Community Land Trusts in Australia, a form on non speculative housing option owned by the community on Radio National. Link to Interview ……
Background Paper: Older Women’s Housing Precarity in Australia
— The Evidence, The Human Cost, and the Path Forward Three women died by suicide because they could not find a safe, affordable home. The 2026 federal budget did not mention them once. HOWM’s Background Paper documents the full scale of Australia’s older women’s housing crisis, the evidence behind it, and the community-led solutions that…
Qld Considers Community-led Housing
Professor Ong contributed some valuable insights regarding the value of Community-led Housing (CLH) and why it matters, as well as for whom. Rachel and her peers, Professor Wendy Stone and Professor Louise Crabtree Hayes, informed over 40 cross-sector participants at the recent CLH Roundtable. This event was a collaborative effort between HOW M, QShelter, and…
My Home, Your Home, Our Homes Project
Our MYO Homes Project aims to ensure that women have access to affordable, secure, and amenable homes. It supports us in aging by staying active in our homes, neighbourhoods, and communities. We want this Project to help strengthen women’s voices and agency in designing our homes.
Read the latest updates about the MYO Homes Project
The MYO Homes Project Team involves the Core Group of the Housing Older Women Movement. The MYO Homes Project team is taking some time to consider the next steps in what would become Phase 2 of the MYO Homes Project. We very much value the exciting and insightful contributions made by over 300 participants in the MYO Project Engagement of Phase 1. We know there are many seeds sown that contribute to a shared vision of developing new forms of community-led housing to be held as affordable housing in perpetuity.
In the interim please take the opportunity to explore the research, lists of projects and other resources we have on offer in a Google Drive MYO Homes Project Folder. If you have some information you would like to add to the folder please contact info@infohousingolderwomen.org.au
Older women are the fastest-growing cohort of people experiencing homelessness and housing stress in Australia.
They are our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, elders, neighbours, and coworkers.
Most of these women have lived conventional lives and never anticipated being homeless.
Moving into a safe, secure, affordable and amenable home means women can lead fulfilling and meaningful lives again, knowing they can age in place within their communities.