Women In The Housing Service

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This collection explores the housing circumstances of women in developed and emerging societies in Europe, USA and East Asia, at a time of substantial economic and social change. Its focus is on the interface between housing and gender and how this socially constructed relationship manifests and transforms over time and space.

The United Nations has proclaimed 1987 the International Year of The Shelterin order highlight issues surrounding housing the poor. This document isis based on existing literature and on interviews with administrators andbeneficiaries of social housing programs and discusses how housing problemsaffect the lives of Canadian women and includes an analysis by age, ethnicorigin, family responsibilities, geographic isolation, and physical or mentaldisabilities. Breifly surveys the federal social housing policy of recentyears for meeting the core housing need and discusses the gains andlimitations of women's involvement in the development of new social housingformulas.

"This report explores the causes, demographics and patterns of homelessness among young women (aged 12 to 24) in Canada. It includes case study reports for eight cities based on interviews with more than 100 informants and previously unpublished data. Gender-and age-specific issues (ie, sexual violence, pregnancy, service gaps for mid-teens, minors and the child welfare system) are discussed. A critical review of programs and policies shows how they fail to assist young women who are homeless and those at risk. The report includes suggestions for change in services and programs, and recommendations for policy directions by various governments."--http://www.homelesshub.ca/

This study critically examines the role of housing associations in responding to the needs of women who have become homeless due to domestic violence.