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Women’s National Housing &
Homelessness Network

Women’s homelessness is a crisis in Canada. Women, girls, and gender diverse peoples experience some of the most severe forms of housing need. It is time for political action.

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New Website & Toolkit: Review Panel on the Right to Housing for Women, Two-Spirit & Gender-Diverse People

Want to get involved in the upcoming National Housing Council's review panel on the right to housing for women, Two-Spirit, and gender-diverse people? The WNHHN and National Indigenous Women's Housing Network developed a toolkit to help anyone engage in the review panel process by submitting written testimony. We took this toolkit and created a website to make it even more accessible.

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Go to GenderHousingJustice.ca Now!

Become a Community Champion

Join the National Indigenous Women's Housing Network and WNHHN by collecting evidence, stories, and/or preparing written testimony to submit to the upcoming Review Panel on Canada's Failure to Eliminate Homelessness Amongst Women and Gender-Diverse People.

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Women & Girls’ Homelessness in Canada

28%

of women-led households in Canada are in core housing need

36%

of people experiencing homelessness in Canada are women-identified

7%

of women in Canada have experienced hidden homelessness at some point in their lives

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About the Network

We are a collective of diverse women, including those with lived expertise, who are working to eliminate homelessness and housing insecurity for women, girls, and gender-diverse peoples across Canada.

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Resources on Gendered Homelessness

National Standards for Emergency Shelters Across Canada

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An Intersectional Feminist Housing Agenda for Canada

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Gendered Evictions in Financialized Housing Markets Across Canada

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Housing Need & Homelessness Amongst Gender-Diverse People

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We invite ALL women-identified and gender-diverse people to join us in building a national network capable of driving political change to end homelessness and housing insecurity for women, girls, and gender-diverse peoples in Canada.
We particularly encourage women-identified and gender-diverse people with lived or living expertise of homelessness or housing need to join the Network. Through the Women’s National Housing and Homelessness Network, members can become involved in local and national research, policy, advocacy, training, and cross-country collaboration. 
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