Women’s Homelessness & Housing Need

This lesson is an introduction to the conditions and experiences of homelessness for women and gender-diverse people.  The lesson explores the unique needs and challenges of hidden homelessness, the most predominant form of homelessness experienced by women and gender-diverse people.

Lesson objectives:

• Discuss beliefs and assumptions about women’s homelessness
• Describe the unique causes & conditions of homelessness for women and gender-diverse people
• Explain the impacts of poverty and violence on homelessness and housing need