Highlighting the need for housing security for seniors.

09.10.2025

Chair of the National Forum, Denise Cosgrove, speaks to The Platform’s Sean Plunket about the Forum’s advocacy campaign on seniors’ housing and the call for local government election candidates to act on housing security for older people.

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