MYO Homes Project Seminar & Workshop
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Women catalysing affordable housing and neighbourhood models- Zola Rose Podcast
The fastest growing demographic who are vulnerable to housing insecurity and unaffordable housing is older women. Many of these women have been valuable contributing members of their communities and working professionally yet find themselves in housing precariousness later in life due to a range of systemic societal and economic factors.
The Housing Older Women Movement believes these women should have a say and be able to participate in creating the kind of housing that meets their needs and aspirations.
Why the My home, Your home, Our homes Project – Zola interviews HOW Movement participants. Aspirations re a home.
Zola Rose from Common Ground interviewed us about the My Home, Your Home, Our Homes project (MYOH) which is kicking off with a series of community engagement events from 10-20 September 2024.
What’s happening elsewhere in Australia regarding community-led housing?
Grab a cuppa and check out the links in this summary of housing initiatives at various stages of development of community-led housing initiatives across Australia and who is involved. You will be amazed at the innovation, determination and commitment of those involved. This summary has been prepared by a HOW Movement Core Group participant Tracy Adams. It is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all that is happening across the nation.
Queensland Election HOW M Policy Positions – supported by HAAG
With very welcome support from Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) based in Victoria we are able to provide you with resources to use in the lead up to the state election happening in October. You will be able to access a letter template you can personalise, a statement of policy positions we hope you will endorse, and a guide to meeting with candidates. We seek endorsement from all candidates to the core policy positions.
MYO Homes Engagement Series of Seminars, Workshops, Forum and Networking Events
Please download and use the flyer to register for your preferred event. You can also use the downloaded flyer to circulate to others interested across your networks. Promotion Flyers for the events: All Events flyer Gold Coast flyer Sunshine Coast flyer North Brisbane flyer South Brisbane flyer Sector Influencers Forum flyer
A guide to establishing a co-operative ‘community land trust’
The work done by Co-operation Housing is a great example where innovative models of co-operation can be fostered to meet contemporary social and economic challenges. Community Land Trusts are a popular model of perpetually affordable and community-focused housing in the UK, US and Canada but there has been a knowledge gap about whether and how a co-op structure and Community Land Trust could work in the Australian context. These model rules for two types of Community Land Trusts to be established as a co-operative,
Qld State Election – How you add your voice to our call for policy that will house all older women in Qld in an affordable, secure, safe, amenable home where we can age well.
Queensland State Election | Housing For The Aged Action Group (oldertenants.org.au)
HAAG (Housing for the Aged Action Group) is supporting the Housing Older Women Movement with the provision of a letter template and policy statement you can use to contact each candidate standing in the upcoming State Election. Please use this link (also included above and below in red) and take a little time to create the letter / email and send it to each candidate leading up to the election.
