UNDERCOVER: The Hidden Faces of Homelessness

The Homelessness and Housing Insecurity research theme of the Social Equity Research Centre invites you to a screening of the documentary, Undercover, followed by a panel discussion,
UNDERCOVER: The Hidden Faces of Homelessness

Narrated by Margot Robbie and sharing the often secret lives of an eclectic group of women across Australia, UNDER COVER shines a light on the devastating reality of older women’s experiences of homelessness. UNDER COVER follows ten of these women. For these women, life hasn’t panned out the way they expected. They’ve lived in nice houses, worked good jobs, educated their children and then suddenly … life unravelled and through no fault of their own, they found themselves unable to pay their rent or mortgage. The women featured in UNDER COVER, are all over 50, and are a diverse group from varied backgrounds – wealthy, poor, middle class, working, unemployed, migrant and Indigenous. Faced with the hardships of housing stress and ageing, these women are seeking to find a home to call their own, for the final chapter of their lives. Their moving but optimistic portraits reveal the struggles these women face, and lay bare the flaws in our society, as well as our economic fragility in the modern world.

Hosted by Associate Professor Juliet Watson, from the Social Equity Research Centre at RMIT University

Joined by Panellists:

Dr Tuba Boz, Lecturer in Social Work and Human Services at RMIT University,
Jo Smith, Team Coordinator, Women’s Housing Support Program (Vic), YWCA Australia, and
A lived experience participant