The end of 2018 was busy for both HANZA and our new project Home Share Melbourne, and the start of 2019 hasn’t let up! Home Share Melbourne recently sent out an update to its supporters and those who’ve registered an […]

This fortnight’s edition of The Big Issue includes an in-depth feature about Homeshare and the new Home Share Melbourne program. The piece examines two successful, but quite different, Homeshare matches: householder Philomena, who’s in her seventies, and her 20-year-old homesharer […]

This year’s Annual Report has been published! For HANZA, 2018 was a year of new development in some areas and frustration in others. We’ve launched the new Homeshare pilot program Home Share Melbourne, and we’re delighted that it’s to be […]

In the wake of the announcement of a Royal Commission into Australia’s aged care sector, ABC Radio National has been undertaking an ongoing investigation into the current state of the industry. As part of this investigation, the station’s breakfast program recently looked in […]

Home Share Melbourne is a new project that takes the homeshare model and extends it beyond aged care into the fight against homelessness. The pilot program starts this month in the City of Port Phillip, and we were delighted to […]

The Homeshare World Congress is returning for another year! This year’s event will be held in Belgium. It’s scheduled to take place from 21 to 22 March 2019 at the Auditorium Chancellerie BNP Paribas Fortis in Brussels, hosted by Belgian […]

The budding Sydney and Melbourne Homeshare programs met up for a productive lunch earlier this month. Many thanks to Kathryn Brookes (above) from Holdsworth Community, Sydney for a very stimulating visit. Holdsworth Community is working hard to establish a “social enterprise” […]

On February 24th 2018, Heather McKee and Beris Campbell were proud to see a new small park on the Emerald Hill in South Melbourne named in honour of their hero and mentor Edythe McCallum, and to unveil a plaque that […]

HANZA is delighted and proud to announce that our esteemed President, Annette Madden, has been recognised in the Australia Day Honours 2018. She was awarded a medal of the Order of Australia for her outstanding service in aged care over […]

Excerpt from the President’s Report: This past year has been extraordinary in the life of HANZA Inc. and Homeshare in Australia. 2017 marks the twentieth year since Carmel Hurst convened a meeting to discuss the start- up of a Homeshare […]