Women become homeless due to several different reasons. The following list below are some causes that lead to the homelessness of women:
POVERTY
Homelessness and poverty are inextricably linked. People who are poor are frequently unable to pay for housing, food, child care, health care, and education.
Statistics
Rental costs have risen 60% faster than the rate of inflation.
The wait for subsidized housing is more than 8 years, and the waiting list was over 5500 households in 2007.
In York Region, Ontario Works caseloads are up to 20% since the financial crisis hit in July of 2008.
DID YOU KNOW
In the year 2008, 2,070 people were turned away from emergency shelters in York Region due to a lack of beds.
2006 statistics show that there were 10,000 single women living in poverty in the Region of York.
400 women are turned away annually from Violence Against Women shelters because they don't meet the criteria.
Over 100 single women are turned away from the Family Shelter each year.
