Advancing housing justice: an opportunity for legal services to improve access to housing

Welcome to this special forum on Advancing Housing Justice in Victoria. 

Report Launch

Join us as we launch the Advancing housing justice: an opportunity for legal services to improve access to housing report.

The report was commissioned by the VLSB+C Grants Program to investigate the contribution the legal sector could make to improve the current housing difficulties being experienced by many people in our community. It maps existing work underway in the sector and investigates opportunities for collaboration in services, advocacy, or strategic innovations to promote housing justice in Victoria.

The report recommendations will inform a targeted, Housing Justice themed VLSB+C grant round opening this year.

Speakers

• Fiona McLeay, CEO & Commissioner, Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner 
• Gerard Brody, Report Author, Chair, Consumer Panel, Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner
• Nigel Balmer, Research Director, Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner

Panel Discussion

Following the launch there will be a facilitated panel discussion and Q&A looking at the opportunities for collaboration to improve housing justice in Victoria.

Panelists

• Jennifer Beveridge, CEO, Tenants Victoria
  
• Siobhan Doyle, Principal Managing Lawyer, Civil & Human Rights Practice, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service
• Michelle Reynolds, Director, Advocacy & Policy, Inner Melbourne Community Legal

Please note that venue capacity is limited.

Refreshments will be provided after the forum.