Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network

WNHHN is a collective of women and gender-diverse persons from across Canada who are working to eliminate gendered homelessness and housing insecurity.

[Migrant Rights Network #StatusForAll @MigrantRightsCA]

TOMORROW the Senate debates Bill C-12 - a bill that gives the government unchecked power to cancel permits, deny refugee protection, and share people's personal information with no oversight and no appeal. Email Senators TODAY and tell them to reject it: https://t.co/tP0LoUh6OL

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Check out our Co-Chair Marie McGregor Pitawanakwat talk about the youth homelessness crisis in Northern Ontario: https://t.co/KHjJAP1tAj

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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://t.co/eOsDd4wQtM

[Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @WNHHNetwork]

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://t.co/MbpvNeWkuc

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🚨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 call for urgent government action.

Read more: https://t.co/HRXJh1dnoU

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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: https://t.co/Exfv0hsnvT

[Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @WNHHNetwork]

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://t.co/HEw7XZQqD0

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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://t.co/QSopmEkvEG

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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://t.co/nzgiG8R4Ww

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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://t.co/Qywj01etEn

[Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @WNHHNetwork]

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.

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Check out this special story about our sister organization, the National Indigenous Women’s Housing Network and the important work they are doing!
https://t.co/rL7fo0RdwT

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On December 6, we remember the lives of 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, adequate housing as a fundamental protection against violence.

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The Neha Review Panel’s six main conclusions make clear: Canada is falling short on its obligations to ensure gender-responsive, rights-based housing.

Read more here: https://t.co/kwrfDOZcid

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Today on the 33rd #IDPD, WNHHN reaffirms that disability justice is housing justice. Our UN CRPD submission calls on Canada to ensure safe, affordable housing for women, Two-Spirit, trans & gender-diverse people.

Read it here: https://t.co/w2yG5hvDLm

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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://t.co/AHknO4eMKd

#cdnpoli #housingrights

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The Neha Review Panel has released their reports on Canada's duty to uphold the right to housing for women and gender-diverse people: https://t.co/kwrfDOZcid

At 10 am PT (1pm ET), we'll be livestreaming our Press Conference with allies on Facebook Live: https://t.co/GTHU4xxDKW

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🚨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://t.co/67QKwFe3GR #budget2025 #cdnpoli @MarkJCarney @FP_Champagne

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On a new episode of 🆎ABORSH🆎 @WNHHNetwork, @ccpa and @R2HNetwork join @rachel__cairns to explore the gendered impacts of the housing affordability crisis and how it impacts reproductive decisions.

https://t.co/icTUdYIbUo 🔶