Sharing Homes (Lunchtime Conversation #008)

‘Sharing Homes’ (Online Event)

'Opening the Door' Lunchtime Conversation #008

Event date: Thursday 4th April, 2024

Time: 12:30-2:15pm (AEDT - ACT/ NSW/ Tas/ Vic); 12:00-1:45pm (SA); 11:30am-1:15pm (Qld); 11:00am-12:45pm (NT); 9:30-11:15am (WA)

Registrations close Wednesday 3rd April at 5:00pm (AEDT)

This is a free online event for people with disability, their families, & supporters. Please share details with others who may like to attend.

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Overview

Join us for this conversation about Sharing Homes.

We will cover homeshare arrangements, tenancy law and other aspects of sharing homes.

This session will also provide an opportunitiy to hear about findings from the ‘Reimagining Shared Housing and Living’ project of the Summer Foundation and Housing Hub.

Presenters

• Wendy Francis and Ashlee Pitcher - Homeshare Australia and New Zealand Alliance
• Lee Harrison - Community Connections (ACT)
  
• Leo Patterson Ross - Tenants' Union of NSW
• Alecia Rathbone - Housing Hub

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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

This event is one of a series of Lunchtime Conversations being delivered through the Opening the Door project. Online sessions are recorded to view after the event.

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 peer networks with regard to housing issues.

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 on the Opening the Door project check here. 

You can also find a range of useful resources at our Let's talk Opening Doors website.

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.  

R&IA's Privacy Policy can be viewed here.

Humanitix's privacy policy for people registering to attend this event can be viewed here.