Gender Equity & Housing

Fair access to safe, accessible, and affordable housing in integrated neighborhoods is vital to the wellbeing of women, LGBTQIA+ people, and their families.

Housing impacts health, child care, education, nutrition, employment, transportation, environmental justice, and much more (National Women’s Law Center and the National Low Income Housing Coalition, 2024).

In 2023, women headed 74 percent of households served by HUD rental assistance programs and households with children headed by women comprised 30 percent of households receiving HUD rental assistance (National Women’s Law Center, 2024). Due to chronic underfunding and other structural factors, only 1 out of 4 eligible households receive HUD rental assistance (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2017). People can wait years to get off waiting lists and start receiving assistance. This means that millions more women in this country—especially women of color, disabled women, and immigrant women—and LGBTQIA+ individuals face a daily struggle to have a roof over their and their families’ heads.

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