Grants and Contributions:

Getting Home: Overcoming Barriers to Housing After Violence

BC17082

$37,981.00

Mar 28, 2018 - Mar 27, 2021

This 42-month project will find sustainable solutions to systemic and institutional housing barriers for women who are victims of domestic violence in British Columbia to improve their economic security. The barriers are diverse, ranging from bias and stigma associated with being on income assistance, to barriers such as the need for positive landlord references and the lack of affordable units. The organization will partner with agencies to implement solutions within four communities across BC and address identified barriers through new policies, protocols, and approaches that will be widely shared with key stakeholders. The supplemental funding will be used for completion of four community pilot sites action plans that will incorporate the intersection of housing barriers and COVID-19, establishing online communications for community partners and stakeholders, hire two research assistants, and support the recipient adapt to the changing needs of affordable long-term housing during the pandemic.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Women and stakeholders have access to supports to address issues relating to equality between women and men.

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V6B 1S5

001-2020-2021-Q3-00079

Grant

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Dec 23, 2020

BC Society of Transition Houses

Women's Program

The purpose of the Women’s Program is to advance equality for women in Canada by working to address or remove systemic barriers impeding women’s progress and advancement. The WP supports the Government of Canada’s goal of advancing gender equality in Canada. It is consistent with Government of Canada priorities related to economic prosperity, and supports Canada’s international commitments related to gender equality.