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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network

@wnhhn.bsky.social
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We're a peer-led group working to eliminate homelessness and housing insecurity for women, girls, & gender-diverse peoples across Canada. womenshomelessness.ca

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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BC Supreme Court finds Drug Law Unconstitutional, Frees Drug Users Liberation Front (DULF)!!! 🏛️ In a decision that could alter the fabric of drug policy in Canada, the criminal law used to arrest and convict DULF co-founders is ruled as unconstitutional. Full story here: loom.ly/ZD9ZYfU
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BC Supreme Court finds Drug Law Unconstitutional, Frees DULF  - Canadian Drug Policy Coalition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, sḵwx̱wú7mesh & səlilwətaɬ territory| Vancouver, BC | September 29, 2026 – In a landmark ruling that could alter the fabric of drug policy in Canada, the BC Supreme Court has found that the criminal law used to arrest and convict DULF co-founders Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx is unconstitutional. The Court ruled that section 5(2) of the CDSA violates …
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Last week WNHHN joined the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association’s Housing on the Hill Day in Ottawa! It was a lovely opportunity to connect with fellow advocates across the country to keep affordable housing and gender-based solutions on the agenda. 🏠
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
💡 Want to know more about our advocacy work? 🔗 Click the link to join our newsletter: loom.ly/_p7uUJQ
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Data out of B.C. is finding that women’s homelessness has risen 46%, to 11,416 in 2024 from 7,848 in 2019. During this time, Vancouver had only 1,991 shelter beds, 1,835 rent supplements and 438 housing units for women and children fleeing violence in 2024. 🔗 Full story: loom.ly/NKQfN8w
vancouversun.com
'A wake-up call': Nearly twice as many B.C. women facing homelessness, new data show
Many people in B.C. are now one paycheque away from needing a housing subsidy, says one service provider.
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Every child matters. #NationalDayforTruthandReconcilliation ✊🏽🪶
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Last week, WNHHN spent the week in Ottawa! 🍁🏛️ It was so meaningful to reconnect with our allies, and fellow advocates in person. We’re grateful for the relationships that continue to strengthen our commitment to advancing gender-responsive housing. 🏠
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For more information about the work we do, visit our website at womenshomelessness.ca and be sure to join our newsletter to stay in the know! 👩🏻‍💻 Thank you again to all our federal allies who continue to make space for our voices and those of all other housing advocates across the country! 🍁
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
WNHHN is in Ottawa this week for the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association’s Summit on Housing and the Canadian Economy! We’re connecting with housing leaders, advocates, policymakers, and partners and keeping gender equity at the centre of Canada’s housing conversation. 🏠🇨🇦
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today, Campaign 2000 sent an open letter to the Prime Minister, Secretaries of State and all elected officials urging them to pass Bill S-212, An Act respecting a national strategy for children and youth, without delay. 🏛️ 🔗 Read the open letter: www.campaign2000.ca
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
16 women. 16 stories. One quilt. 🧶🛌 At a Newmarket shelter, women experiencing homelessness came together to create a quilt that told a collective story of their lived experiences, memories and hopes. ✨ 🔗 Read their full story here: loom.ly/zLlroPk
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
WNHHN is in it's ✨ reinvention era ✨ but we need you to be SO real with us about our website right now. 👀 Like...be so for real. 📝 Give us your feedback on how we can rebrand here: loom.ly/jMvhKBE 🌐 Our website: loom.ly/2l2U41E
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Equality is more than a week long observance. Stay tuned to hear more about what it means to us. #CanadianGenderEqualityWeek
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Canada is in a trade war. So why are we still leaving billions in women’s wages on the table? 📈 This International #EqualPay Day, we call on Canada to close its wage gap. 💸 You can’t build Canada strong while undervaluing half the workforce, and limiting their abilities to support their own. 🍁
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
💡 Want to know more about our advocacy work? 🔗 Join our newsletter here to stay in the loop: loom.ly/gkrX38U #feminism #homelessness #housingcrisis #canada #gender #policy
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
💡 Want to know more about our advocacy work? 🔗 Join our newsletter here to stay in the loop: loom.ly/gkrX38U #feminism #homelessness #housingcrisis #canada
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
💡 Want to know more about our advocacy work? 🔗 Join our newsletter here to stay in the loop: loom.ly/gkrX38U #feminism #homelessness #housingcrisis #canada #gender #policy
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🏛️ WNHHN has submitted its Pre-Budget Submission on how Canada can better advance the right to safe, affordable, adequate housing for women, gender-diverse people, and their families across Canada. 💡 Interested in knowing more? 🔗 Read our full submission here: loom.ly/hJHKQh8
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Senior unhoused four years after retirement after spending the a 3-month hospital stay. She was given 48 hours’ notice to clear out her things. When will tenants stop being penalized during some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives? 🔗 Full article: loom.ly/pqakin0
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
We cannot keep scapegoating the most vulnerable people in our society to uphold oversights made by others. ✊🏽🏠🏳️‍🌈 🍁 We ask our allies to join us in this critical fight to realize the right to housing during this Fall 2026 Federal Budget Consultation. 🔗 Take Action: loom.ly/fu21skw
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The time to take a stand for women and gender-diverse people's right to housing is NOW! ✊🏽 We ask our allies to join us in this critical fight to realize these asks during this Fall 2026 Federal Budget Consultation. 🍁 🔗 Learn more about how to take action: loom.ly/fu21skw
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The time to take a stand for women and gender-diverse people's right to housing is NOW! ✊🏽 We ask our allies to join us in this critical fight to realize these asks during this Fall 2026 Federal Budget Consultation. 🍁 🔗 Learn more about how to take action: loom.ly/fu21skw
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The time to take a stand for women and gender-diverse people's right to housing is NOW! ✊🏽 We ask our allies to join us in this critical fight to realize these asks during this Fall 2026 Federal Budget Consultation. 🍁 🔗 Learn more about how to take action: loom.ly/fu21skw
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The time to take a stand for women and gender-diverse people's right to housing is NOW! ✊🏽 We ask our allies to join us in this critical fight to realize these asks during this Fall 2026 Federal Budget Consultation. 🍁 🔗 Learn more about how to take action: loom.ly/fu21skw
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Thank you to the Canadian Race Relations Fdn / Fondation canadienne des relations raciales for making our newest project possible! 🍁 🔗 Stay tuned for any coming updates by joining WNHHN's newsletter: loom.ly/gkrX38U
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Want to know what lived experts and advocates had to share about the realities surrounding the lack of accessible housing in Canada? 🍁🏠🦽 🔗 Read the Written Record here! loom.ly/ngmoXoM
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Our team is small size but mighty in the work we aspire to do everyday! 💪🏼 💡 To know more about what we've been getting up to, visit our website or subscribe to our monthly newsletter here: loom.ly/gkrX38U #kindachic #housing #homelessness #canada #policy
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The time is NOW to take a stand for women and gender-diverse people's right to housing! 🏠 Submissions are open for pre-budget consultations, as well as a feedback questionnaire on where government funding should go. 💸🏛️ 🔗 Learn more here: loom.ly/fu21skw
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
GREAT NEWS!!! 🗞️ A court in Nova Scotia just ruled that the province can't deny people in tents enhanced income support, which it was previously doing under the assumption that tents are considered living accommodations. 👩🏻‍⚖️ 🔗 Read the full story here: loom.ly/czTg2hc
cbc.ca
N.S. Court of Appeal says province can't deny people in tents enhanced income support | CBC News
Nova Scotia's Court of Appeal has ruled that tents legally count as accommodations and the province cannot refuse enhanced income support to unhoused people living in them.
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A new library and day-use space in Portland Oregon for women experiencing homelessness is a win for women everywhere! ✊🏽📚 We need more spaces like Good Circumstance supporting women and gender-diverse people across Canada! 🍁 🔗: loom.ly/JP0ikeQ
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This new library focuses on serving unhoused women and marginalized gender identities 📚
The Oregonian
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🔗 Read our full statement here! loom.ly/6Xah5WI
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🔗 Access Queer Momentum's campaign here! loom.ly/8bvPep0
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🔗 Join our newsletter to stay in the know about all our research and advocacy efforts! #homelessness #housingcrisis #women #feminism #canada
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
💡 Want to know more about our advocacy work? 🔗 Join our newsletter here to stay in the loop: loom.ly/gkrX38U #feminism #homelessness #housingcrisis #canada
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🏠🌎 Because climate resilience IS gendered housing justice! #HousingCrisis #Canada #Homelessness #ClimateChange
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
💡 Read the full blog here: loom.ly/gc9AYlM #WomensHomelessness #HousingCrisis #Homelessness #Canada #CDNPoli #Feminist #WomensRights
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
💡 Want to read more on our housing and homelessness research in the City of Calgary? 🔗 Read our newest report titled the Unaddressed Project here: loom.ly/2srClWo
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
💡 Want to know more about our advocacy efforts? 🔗 Join our newsletter here to stay in the know: loom.ly/gkrX38U #Homelessness #HousingCrisis #Feminism
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
💡 Want to know more about our advocacy efforts? 🔗 Join our newsletter here to stay in the know: loom.ly/gkrX38U #Homelessness #HousingCrisis #Feminism
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
💡 Want to know more about our advocacy efforts? 🔗 Join our newsletter here to stay in the know: loom.ly/gkrX38U
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
💡 to read up on research surrounding 2SLGBTIA+ Canadians and the housing crisis? Read our report: Housing Need & Homelessness Amongst Gender-Diverse People in Canada—A Preliminary Portrait. 🔗 loom.ly/1kbq2vY
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
On this #UN Day of Hope, we hope for: ⛑️ Investments in permanent supportive housing for those experiencing homelessness and/or fleeing violence. 🗣️ Lived-expert advisory mechanisms surrounding federal housing policy discussions. 🏠 Clear timelines and measurable targets to end homelessness.
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
💡 Want to know more about the work we do? 🔗 Join our newsletter: loom.ly/gkrX38U #EndHomelessness #HousingCrisis #TopFiveHorrorMovies
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
💡 Want to know more about what WNHHN is up to? 🔗 Join our newsletter here: loom.ly/gkrX38U
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
On #UN World Rural Development Day, we recognize that far too many persons with disabilities living in rural, remote, and Northern areas face barriers to accessible and affordable housing, transportation, healthcare, and supports in their time of need.
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Our co-chair speaking to the Standing Commitee on the Status of Women (FEWO) about the diverse range of needs present in support spaces, making it imperative that we move past conventional understandings of who services are meant for, and allocate funding accordingly. 🏠🗣️✊🏽 #Homelessness
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🔗 Read our full submission here: loom.ly/j-59bx8 #Homelessness #Housing #Canada #Accessibility
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Women with disabilities face disproportionate risks of housing insecurity, violence, and poverty due to intersecting forms of exclusion. 🔗 Read about this in our submission to the National Housing Council's review panel on the lack of accessible housing in Canada: loom.ly/79ZAZp4
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Because 2SLGBTQIA+ rights are human rights. Then. Now. Always. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊🏽 #2SLGBTQIA #TransRights #GenderDiverse #Stonewall
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
#CanadianMulticulturalismDay #EndHomelessness 🏠🍁🌎
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Women's National Housing & Homelessness Network @wnhhn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This week, WNHHN submitted testimony to the National Housing Council’s review panel on the lack of accessible housing in Canada. Our testimony identified the systemic gaps driving this crisis and what governments must do to address them. 📃 🔗 Read our submission here: loom.ly/79ZAZp4
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