Event description
Pathways to Housing for People with Disability in Victoria
Online Session No.1 of the Opening the Door Victoria Disability & Housing Forum
Event date: Monday 13th February 2023, from 11:30am - 1:30pm (AEDT)
Registrations close Sunday 12th February at 3:00pm
This is a free online event for people with disability, their families, and carers, and others who are interested.
The 'Pathways to Housing for People with Disability in Victoria' session consists of presentations and
discussion on opportunities & challenges in buying & renting housing in Victoria. We will discuss the private housing market, and public, social and affordable housing.
Presenters will include representatives from Homes Victoria, the Community Housing Industry Association (Victoria) & Uniting Housing, and the Real Estate Institute of Victoria.
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'Pathways to Housing for People with Disability in Victoria' is one of a series of sessions being delivered through the Opening the Door project for Victoria. Other online sessions will include a session on tenancy issues, and one on NDIS Home and Living Support areas. Online sessions will be recorded to view after the events.
The online sessions will be followed by two face-to-face workshops:
- Melbourne CBD: Tuesday 21 February, 10:00am - 2:00pm
- Bendigo: Thursday 23 February, 10:00am - 2:00pm
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Accessibility & Reasonable Adjustments:
If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments to participate please provide details when registering.
Please note that we need a minimum of five business days' notice to book some types of supports, including AUSLAN interpreting.
Please contact projectofficer@riaustralia.org with any queries or requests.
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More about the Opening the Door Project
The Opening the Door project aims to support people with disability to achieve choice and control with their housing options through:
- Developing and sharing online resources
- Forums designed to both share information and gather experiences
- Support existing and establish new peer networks.
The project is for all people with disability regardless of their type of disability or age, and whether they are a participant in the NDIS or not.
For more information go to https://riaustralia.org/opening-the-door-project/.
Project Partners:
Rights & Inclusion Australia, National Shelter, Enliven Community and the state & territory members of National Shelter
This project is being funded under the Australian Government’s Information, Linkages & Capacity Building program.
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Privacy:
Rights & Inclusion Australia (R&IA) will have access to all information that you submit when you register to attend this event. We will be using this for the following purposes only:
- To coordinate your attendance at the event, and provide you with additional resources related to the event
- To issue surveys to people who register to attend this event. These will be voluntary to complete. They will assist the Opening the Door project to make sure that the project is best able to assist people with disability towards their housing goals. R&IA will issue a separate Participation Information Statement with all surveys.