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Senate Event: Dignity, safety, and a guaranteed livable income
February 12, 2026

This week the Women’s National Housing and Homelessness Network joined allies to talk about support for Bill S-206, a guaranteed livable income, in Ottawa’s Senate. On February 11, the National … More


Our joint UN submission on Canada’s housing & homelessness crisis
February 3, 2026

We join the National Right to Housing Network and Canadian Centre for Housing Rights in calling on Canada to meet its human rights obligations under the International Covenant on Civil … More


Her Life Mattered: A Preventable Death in Sudbury Demands Housing Justice
January 19, 2026

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

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Network submitted a brief to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women on how ideology, discrimination, and outdated assumptions continue to deny women and … More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

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

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

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

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