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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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#HomesforEveryBody: Join the movement

Canada has committed to building affordable housing and ending homelessness. But without equity-focused action, women, Two-Spirit, trans, and gender-diverse people risk being left behind. 

The #HomesforEveryBody campaign calls on the federal government to:

1. Develop an enhanced Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) framework—rooted in Indigenous knowledge and principles—specific to housing development, in collaboration with community partners and people with lived experience of housing insecurity. This framework must guide and inform all federal housing investments and decision-making to ensure equitable outcomes.

2. Allocate at least 40% of affordable and deeply affordable housing units for women, Two-Spirit, trans, and gender-diverse people that are developed through federal investments by Build Canada Homes or CMHC.

3. Commit $50 million annually over 8 years to create an Indigenous-governed Gendered Homelessness Stream within Reaching Home. 

Send a letter now to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Minister of Women and Gender Equality Rechie Valdez, Minister of Housing & Infrastructure Gregor Robertson, and Build Canada Homes CEO Ana Bailão.

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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

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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