TAKE ACTION: Canada promised to build affordable housing & end homelessness. Gender equity must be at the centre. Join the #HomesforEveryBody movement—send a letter now to the Prime Minister and federal leaders. https://loom.ly/Ngu5FH4#HomesforEveryBody

This Women’s History Month, we honour the women, Two-Spirit, and gender-diverse leaders who have fought for justice & home. Their legacy lives on in the movement we’re building together—one rooted in care, equity & housing for all. Sign up to be part of WNHHN: https://womenshomelessness.ca/join/

On World Homeless Day, we honour those living without safe, affordable, and dignified housing. When women, Two-Spirit, trans, and gender-diverse people are pushed into homelessness, it’s not a personal failure — it’s a systemic one. Take action: https://loom.ly/Ngu5FH4

We’ve sent 600 letters to Canada’s leaders demanding Homes for Every Body—but we’re just getting started. Your voice matters. Let’s make housing equitable, inclusive, and rooted in human rights. ✉️ Send your letter: https://win.newmode.net/wnhhn/homesforeverybody #HomesforEveryBody

We’ve made our submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, urging them to hold 🇨🇦 accountable for ensuring women & gender-diverse people have access to housing. 💡 Make your own submission by Oct 15. 👉 Read ours: https://womenshomelessness.ca/uncrpdsubmission/

Too often, women & gender-diverse people are turned away from shelters, priced out of markets, and ignored by policy. It doesn’t have to be this way. #HomesforEveryBody is building a movement for change. Join us—send a letter to the Prime Minister and federal leaders now: https://loom.ly/Ngu5FH4#HomesforEveryBody

"We need Canadians to do their homework. We need Canadians to educate themselves." thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Today is the National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Gender-Diverse People (MMIWG2S). We honour the lives stolen and the families and communities who continue to carry grief and demand justice.

Please help us welcome Hayley Kadak to the WNHHN team! Hayley is joining us as a practicum student as she pursues her Master's of Social Work degree at the University of Toronto. Learn more about Hayley here: https://loom.ly/P1DsUts

Investments in gender equality and 2SLGBTQIA+ rights are critical to building a more free and equal Canada, and unlocking the economic potential of historically marginalized communities. Read our statement: www.momentumcanada.net/budget

Almost 40% of people experiencing homelessness in Canada are women. Yet housing policies still fail to address their realities. 💪This is the time to act: https://loom.ly/Ngu5FH4 Join the #HomesforEveryBody movement and send a letter to the Prime Minister and federal leaders now.

Tomorrow, September 30, is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It has been 10 years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its 94 Calls to Action. We demand real progress on the Calls to Action and commit to true reconciliation with the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island.

📣TAKE ACTION: Canada promised to build affordable housing & end homelessness. Gender equity must be at the centre. ✉️Join the #HomesforEveryBody movement—send a letter now to the Prime Minister and federal leaders. https://loom.ly/Ngu5FH4#HomesforEveryBody

Today, we launch, #HomesforEveryBody. Canada has committed to building affordable housing and ending homelessness. But without equity-focused measures, women, Two-Spirit, trans, and gender-diverse people risk being left behind. ✉️Send a letter to federal leaders now: https://loom.ly/Ngu5FH4#HomesforEveryBody

"Specifically, 36% of the surveyed individuals were unable to access housing services, about 26% were unable to access primary care clinics, 20% were unable to access supervised consumption sites, and 16% were unable to access addiction treatment." https://loom.ly/_vGu4es

We’ve made our submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, urging them to hold 🇨🇦 accountable for ensuring women & gender-diverse people have access to housing. 💡 Make your own submission by Oct 15. 👉 Read ours: https://womenshomelessness.ca/uncrpdsubmission/

ICYMI: Check out the first virtual oral dialogue hosted by the Neha Review Panel, featuring the Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network, National Indigenous Women's Housing Network, our partners, and the Federal Housing Advocate. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiH4WZp_wpk

Parliament is now in session. Build Canada Homes is official. It's a start with potential, and hopeful of leadership under Ana Bailão, who supports the right to housing. We are pushing to ensure that women, Two-Spirit, Trans, and gender-diverse people are part of the plan: https://loom.ly/ZFaUkOw

Check out the first virtual oral dialogue hosted by the Neha Review Panel, featuring the Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network, National Indigenous Women's Housing Network, our partners, and the Federal Housing Advocate. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiH4WZp_wpk

Recently, WNHHN joined national feminist allies for a roundtable chat with WAGE Minister Rechie Valdez. We shared our concerns with the looming cuts to the ministry, and how critical it's going to be ensure that upcoming affordable housing builds equitably involve women and gender-diverse people.

The Neha review panel recently shared the recordings of its virtual oral dialogues and that their recommendations report to the Housing Minister will come out later this year! ➡️Check out the updates here: https://loom.ly/0C8kW6w

📣The Neha Review Panel hosted national virtual oral dialogues with lived experts, advocates, researchers & service providers to help shape the right to housing for women & gender-diverse people. They're now available: https://loom.ly/3OdHLN0

#Canada is missing millions of affordable homes. The Federal Housing Advocate is calling on #Canada to scale non-market housing to solve the housing and affordability crisis. We have the tools – we need the political will to act. Her advice to government includes:

The federal govt’s new Build Canada Homes program promises 500,000 homes annually—but will they reach those most in need? Housing isn’t gender-neutral—and Build Canada Homes must reflect that. Read our recommendations for Build Canada Homes: https://loom.ly/ZFaUkOw

The UN committee on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is seeking written submissions on the draft guidelines on addressing multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination against women & girls with disabilities: https://loom.ly/WLaEz_E Deadline is September 15.

Today is the deadline to tell the Canadian gov't what should be included in their upcoming budget: https://loom.ly/A-yv0oM Read what WNHHN had to say & share your voice: https://loom.ly/euWThpY

Canada is in a housing crisis — and for women, girls, and gender-diverse people, that crisis is invisible, life-threatening, and far too often ignored. That's why we're calling for a shift in federal housing investments toward equity, safety, and rights-based approaches: https://loom.ly/euWThpY

Have your say on the Build Canada Homes initiative! 🇨🇦 This is a chance to push for housing solutions and true community housing that work for everyone—including women, Two-Spirit, trans, and gender-diverse people. Have your say: https://loom.ly/vXA0KMw

The UN committee on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is seeking written submissions on the draft guidelines on addressing multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination against women & girls with disabilities: https://loom.ly/WLaEz_E Deadline is September 15.

Canada is in a housing crisis — and for women, girls, and gender-diverse people, that crisis is invisible, life-threatening, and far too often ignored. That's why we're calling for a shift in federal housing investments toward equity, safety, and rights-based approaches: https://loom.ly/euWThpY

"Among the root causes, unstable housing stands out—Indigenous peoples face unsheltered homelessness far more than non-Indigenous Canadians, and where shelter falters, poverty and abuse move in like shadows." More: https://loom.ly/_HP809s

We submitted 5 key housing recommendations to the House of Commons Finance Committee (FINA) to make sure women, Two-Spirit, trans & gender-diverse people aren’t left behind in Budget 2025. Read the full submission and take action 👉 https://loom.ly/euWThpY

📣 There is an opportunity to tell the fed government what your priorities are for Budget 2025: make a submission to the pre-budget consultations that are open right now. ✊Let's demand better: https://loom.ly/A-yv0oM ➡️Send a letter, paper or fill out the questionnaire by August 28!

The Women's 7 (W7) brief on gender justice is now available to read and share! Check out the priorities laid out by the G7 working group, which WNHHN participated in this year: https://loom.ly/mlbivsY The world needed the G7 to stand up in defense of rights, democracy and peace.

📣 There is an opportunity to tell the fed government what your priorities are for Budget 2025: make a submission to the pre-budget consultations that are open right now. ✊Let's demand better: https://loom.ly/A-yv0oM ➡️Send a letter, paper or fill out the questionnaire by August 28!

Check out Arlene Hache and Stefania Seccia from the Women’s National Housing & Homelessness Network and other brilliant guests in the Season 2 premiere of She. They. Us. Listen to Season 2, Episode 1 here: https://loom.ly/CsJuC5Q (or wherever you listen to podcasts!)

📬 Tell Minister Gregor Robertson: Housing is a human right—not a financial asset to be bought and sold for profit. We need urgent action to address the financialization of housing . Add your name ➡️ https://loom.ly/g_P-DKI #Right2Housing #HousingCrisis

If you care about abortion and reproductive choice… you care about housing. Tune into the latest Aborsh podcast episode from Rachel Cairns featuring WNHHN on how housing & abortion intersect. Listen here: ▶️ Apple Podcasts: https://loom.ly/qzkl5n0 ▶️ Spotify: https://loom.ly/-MPzw-k

Check out Arlene Hache and Stefania Seccia from the Women’s National Housing & Homelessness Network and other brilliant guests in the Season 2 premiere of She. They. Us. Listen to Season 2, Episode 1 here: https://loom.ly/CsJuC5Q (or wherever you listen to podcasts!)

If you care about abortion and reproductive choice… you care about housing. Tune into the latest Aborsh podcast episode from Rachel Cairns featuring WNHHN on how housing & abortion intersect. Listen here: ▶️ Apple Podcasts: https://loom.ly/qzkl5n0 ▶️ Spotify: https://loom.ly/-MPzw-k

"The current measurements from the government of Canada fall short of capturing the complexity of the homeless experience for many Canadian women." https://loom.ly/09A8r8c

🚨 Cool conversation alert on disability & gender justice: Check out this chat between the Canadian Women's Foundation & Jenna, an Atlantic Canadian writer, communicator, disability inclusion advocate and educator who lives with multiple disabilities. Listen here: https://loom.ly/zdUTLQQ

ICYMI: A pivotal moment in housing justice: on June 16, the National Housing Council’s Neha Review Panel held its first national human-rights virtual oral dialogue. Read our opening statements and learn more: https://loom.ly/HWjwwmE

The people of Canada deserve a national housing strategy that puts people before profits. Tell the federal government to prioritize housing as the fundamental human right first before anything else: https://loom.ly/g_P-DKI #HousingCrisis #Right2Housing

The UK gov't snapshot estimated that in England 83% of rough sleepers are men and 15% are women (the remainder is unidentified). Yet the newly published 2024 Women’s Census tells a different story—identifying over 10x as many women experiencing rough sleeping. Read it here: https://loom.ly/PibtoFk

Check out our co-chair, Marie McGregor Pitawanakwat in this important conversation, Storying Truths of Indigenous Homelessness on Prevention Matters--where they discuss the question, “What does Indigenous homelessness prevention mean to YOU?” Watch it here: https://loom.ly/8WhO1yI

The report says the spike is a result of several issues, including a lack of affordable housing, unmet health care needs, insufficient income support and substance use struggles. https://loom.ly/4P1RTdw

1. 📬 Tell Minister Gregor Robertson: Housing is a human right—not a financial asset to be bought and sold for profit. We need urgent action to address the financialization of housing . Add your name ➡️ https://loom.ly/g_P-DKI #Right2Housing #HousingCrisis

"Poverty determines who lives and dies in high temperatures." As temperatures rise across Canada this summer, read this great piece from our partners at the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition: https://loom.ly/rCdDra4

A pivotal moment in housing justice: on June 16, the National Housing Council’s Neha Review Panel held its first national human-rights virtual oral dialogue. Read our opening statements and learn more: loom.ly/HWjwwmE