Anti-Poverty Week 2024: Reframing Housing as a Human Right
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Join us online during Anti-Poverty Week for a critical discussion on Reframing Housing as a Human Right.
With the cost of living and housing crises intensifying across Victoria, more families are grappling with housing insecurity.
We’ll explore how we can prioritise the needs and experiences of children and young people in these challenging times and advocate for housing as a fundamental right for all.
Keynote Speakers
Dr Heather Holst is an expert in tenancy, homelessness and affordable housing policy with experience across service delivery, organisational management, policy development and research. Prior to her role as the Victorian Commissioner for Residential Tenancies, Heather was the Deputy CEO at Launch Housing after working for many years in the community sector.
Bronwyn Pike has extensive experience across the public, private, and community services sectors. As Victorian State Member of Parliament for Melbourne from 1999 to 2012, Bronwyn’s parliamentary career includes 11 years as a Minister for Housing, Aged Care, Community Services, Health, Education and Skills.
Before entering parliament, Bronwyn was the Director of Justice and Social Responsibility at the Synod of Victoria which provided children, youth, family and aged care services, as well as social justice advocacy.
Bronwyn has considerable governance experience at national and state levels. She has chaired the Boards of Western Health, the South Australian Urban Renewal Authority (Renewal SA), and UnitingCare Australia, and has been a board member of the Australian Health Policy Collaboration, Leap In!, Lifeline Australia, and Uniting NSW.ACT.
Tanya Corrie has worked across the banking, consumer rights and family violence sectors. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a major in Economics, a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Politics, and a Graduate Certificate in Policy and Applied Social Research.
Tanya strongly believes the path to social justice and equity is through systemic change, and has undertaken her policy, research and advocacy work in research centres, social justice organisations and Ministerial Advisory roles. Proudly raised in Public Housing in a single-parent household, she is a passionate advocate for gender equity and housing security and elevating the voices and strength of people with lived/living experience.