Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network

Advocates sound alarm over rising rates of women experiencing homelessness Ahead of International Women's Day, there's a push to broaden the conversation around what progress looks like for women. As Catalina Gillies explains, while many will celebrate milestones, for some that fight is about having a safe place to sleep.

Advocates sound alarm over rising rates of women experiencing homelessness in Toronto. Watch this important story here: https://loom.ly/IbLxIHM

Today, on International Women’s Day, we’re thinking about the hundreds of women and gender-diverse people across Canada who shared their stories with the National Housing Council’s Neha Review Panel.

Housing is a human right. Let’s make sure it works for every body. Join us: https://loom.ly/gkrX38U

Today on World Day of Social Justice, we want bring attention back to the Neha Review Panel recommendations for Canada to realize the right to housing for women, Two-Spirit, trans, and gender-diverse people. Learn more: https://loom.ly/fPOVlPw

Listen to WNHHN's own Aymen Sherwani talk about the impacts of anti-feminist ideology on housing in Canada on Vancouver Co-op Radio's Redeye program: https://loom.ly/cQ0MZyI

Black History Month is a time to celebrate Black excellence, resistance, and leadership.

In housing and homelessness systems across Canada, Black women and gender-diverse people continue to face disproportionate barriers and discrimination.

Housing justice is racial justice.

Yesterday, we were invited by the National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) to join our allies on a panel at the Senate to talk about advancing gender justice through a guaranteed livable income.

Learn more here: https://loom.ly/zjWBOzg

Thank you to NAWL for the opportunity to speak!

We send our deepest condolences to the Tumbler Ridge community & South Peace region in BC after today's profoundly tragic events. We send strength and care to the families, friends, and neighbours of those we lost.

If you need help, here's a list of resources you can reach: https://loom.ly/MCzVDc8

Keep the Child Care Promise: Joint Letter – Child Care Now he following letter signed by 100 organizations was sent January 26, 2026 to all members of the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Forum of Ministers Most Responsible for Early Learning and Child Care.

ICYMI: WNHHN was one of 100 orgs to support keeping the child care promise in Canada.

➡️Read the letter: https://loom.ly/DQNTULg
📽️Watch this video: https://loom.ly/XbEf1do

⚖️Check out our latest joint submission to the UN: https://womenshomelessness.ca/jointiccprsubmission/

We join the National Right to Housing Network and Canadian Centre for Housing Rights in calling on Canada to meet its human rights obligations to end the homelessness crisis.

Check out our Co-Chair Marie McGregor Pitawanakwat talk about the youth homelessness crisis in Northern Ontario: https://loom.ly/ob3uPtw

Woman’s death in Sudbury tent fire draws national attention Several national Indigenous housing and harm reduction organizations are demanding reform in the wake of the tragic death of Amanda Nahwehgabow, who died in a tent fire in the Energy Court encampment on Jan. 12

The tragic death of a woman in a Sudbury encampment is a preventable loss — and our call for action is being heard.

Read Timmins Today’s coverage of our statement: https://loom.ly/0HNDRR0

Leamington woman calls for compassion while experiencing homelessness For the past five years, Dinia Delisle has been trying to survive the night.

Compassion should be the standard.

“I’ve had friends lose their feet, lose their legs,” she said. “This is not something I wish on anybody.”

https://loom.ly/u1JlKBE

🚨STATEMENT: A Preventable Death in Sudbury Demands Housing Justice.

The Indigenous Harm Reduction Network, National Indigenous Women’s Housing Network, and Women’s National Housing & Homelessness Network are calling for urgent government action.

Read our statement here: https://loom.ly/gYXj_nk

Canada is not meeting its right to housing commitment for women, Two-Spirit, trans, and gender-diverse people. One of the pipelines into homelessness is incarceration.

The Neha Review Panel recommendations address this issue: https://loom.ly/fPOVlPw

Woman dies in tent fire at Sudbury homeless encampment A 38-year-old woman died in a tent fire at a homeless encampment in Sudbury, Ont., on Monday night. Local police have identified her as the Ontario Fire Marshal investigates the cause.

Another life lost far too soon — a neighbour who was without secure housing.

🕯️ Our thoughts are with her family, friends & community.

Everyone deserves a safe place to sleep, warmth in winter, and support to thrive.

https://loom.ly/VLPE3VI

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Anti-feminist ideology isn’t just online rhetoric — it has real consequences for housing access.

In our submission to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, we outline how it shapes housing outcomes.

🔗 Read our submission + recommendations: https://womenshomelessness.ca/fewosubmission/

What my toddler taught me about encampments and the Toronto we’re becoming I understand why some people feel discomfort around tents in parks. But discomfort is not danger — and our comfort shouldn’t come at the expense of someone else’s survival.

Happy New Year! Let’s start 2026 by choosing housing justice and meaningful solutions over criminalization and displacement. This piece reminds us that encampments are about people — and the values we model for the next generation.
https://loom.ly/UUkf56M

2025 was a year of organizing, storytelling & solidarity. From advancing the right to housing through the Neha Review Panel to global advocacy, research, and community leadership — we built power together.

👉 Read our 2025 Year in Review: https://loom.ly/5vQeBfo

Today, on Int'l Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, we honour those harmed, killed, or missing — and stand in solidarity with sex workers demanding safety, dignity, and rights.

Violence is driven by criminalization, stigma, and poverty. Sex workers’ rights are human rights.

Voices of northern Indigenous Women experiencing homelessness APTN News sat in a sharing circle with northern Indigenous women who each have a story of violence, resilience and homelessness.

Check out this special story about our sister organization, the National Indigenous Women’s Housing Network and the important work they are doing!
https://loom.ly/RwBwABs

On December 6, we remember the 14 women taken at École Polytechnique and all those whose lives continue to be shaped by gender-based violence. As we honour their memory, we renew our commitment to safe, dignified, adequate housing as a fundamental protection against violence.

Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people deserve housing that is safe, supportive, and grounded in culture.

We stand with @ahma_bc in calling for a diverse range of For-Indigenous, By-Indigenous housing solutions.

Read AHMA’s GBV Housing Strategy: https://loom.ly/WURFIPQ

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ICYMI: WNHHN, NIWHN and many of our allies have called on the Housing & Infrastructure Minister to respond to the Neha Review Panel's recommendations meaningfully in 120 days.

Watch the press conference here: https://loom.ly/PinZKr0

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The Neha Review Panel has released their reports on Canada's duty to uphold the right to housing for women, Two-Spirit, trans, and gender-diverse people: https://loom.ly/_Phx-tU

At 10 am PT (1pm ET), we'll be livestreaming our Press Conference with allies on Facebook Live: https://loom.ly/56f3Jh8

Premier Danielle Smith’s proposed restrictions are a direct attack on trans kids and their families.

That’s why we’re encouraging our community to join Momentum Canada's mass organizing call on Nov 26.: https://www.momentumcanada.net/AB

This National Housing Day, Nov. 22, march alongside tenants across Ontario to say NO to Bill 60.

RSVP: https://loom.ly/g9E70NU

Today, on Trans Day of Remembrance, we honour the trans lives stolen by violence, discrimination, and neglect.

Remembering means acting: ending the housing crisis must include ending transphobia in our systems, our services, and our policies.

We've joined 134 organizations to demand that Premier Ford protect Ontario's renters and repeal Bill 60.

Ontario cannot afford even weaker rental protections and more homelessness: over 700,000 Ontarians are currently out of work and 81,000 were homeless last year.

Letter: https://loom.ly/7cX_5ww

🚨If Budget 2025 is truly a “next-generation” plan, then it must centre women, Two-Spirit, trans and gender-diverse people in housing.

Read our Budget 2025 statement + our key calls to action: https://womenshomelessness.ca/budget2025statement/