Archive: ‘News’ Category

Her Life Mattered: A Preventable Death in Sudbury Demands Housing Justice
January 19, 2026 - 6:17 pm / News

The Indigenous Harm Reduction Network, National Indigenous Women’s Housing Network, and Women’s National Housing & Homelessness Network are calling for urgent government action to end preventable deaths by ensuring access … More


FEWO Brief: Countering anti-feminist ideology in housing policy
January 8, 2026 - 6:00 am / News

Women’s National Housing & Homelessness Network submitted a brief to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women on how ideology, discrimination, and outdated assumptions continue to deny women and … More


2025 in Review: A Year of Organizing, Storytelling, and Solidarity
December 18, 2025 - 10:32 pm / News

At the forefront of gender housing justice in Canada: How lived expertise, research, and advocacy shaped 2025 for the Women’s National Housing & Homelessness Network. This was a defining year … More


Neha Review Panel releases reports, advocates call for action
November 25, 2025 - 2:36 pm / News

Advocates call for action as national human rights panel releases landmark reports on gendered housing crisis 120-day countdown kicks off for Canada’s Housing Minister to respond with a plan to … More


Canada’s ‘next-generation’ budget must centre women & gender-diverse people in its housing plan
November 4, 2025 - 4:00 pm / News

A “next-generation” plan that invests in our future must account for the unique housing needs of women, Two-Spirit, trans, and gender-diverse people, including Indigenous and racialized populations, newcomers and refugees, … More


WAGE Funding Reaction: Gender equality work is the infrastructure that holds us together
October 31, 2025 - 10:50 pm / News

The Women’s National Housing & Homelessness Network joins over 120 other feminist organizations across Canada in response to WAGE’s funding announcement on October 29th We, the undersigned, celebrate this week’s … More


UN Submission: Housing justice for women and gender-diverse people with disabilities
September 17, 2025 - 8:52 pm / News

Across Canada, women, Two-Spirit, trans, and gender-diverse people with disabilities are being failed by our housing system. Despite Canada’s commitments under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities … More


Putting gender justice at the heart of Build Canada Homes
September 3, 2025 - 5:12 pm / News

Our submission calls on the federal government to ensure its new housing initiative delivers safe, affordable homes for women, Two-Spirit, trans, and gender-diverse people. Canada’s new Build Canada Homes initiative … More