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The Getting Home Project was a multi-year community-based project from 2018-2021, focusing on reducing barriers to safe, secure and affordable housing for women and their children experiencing violence in British Columbia (BC).
The key issue the Getting Home Project addressed was the lack of affordable and appropriate housing for women and their children who experience violence in BC. Check out the Getting Home Project final report to read about the project’s sucessful partnerships across the province and key findings.
For the past three decades National Occupancy Standards (NOS) have been the default standard used by both government and non-governmental housing organizations in Canada to assess housing suitability. However, there is growing concern that the prescriptive nature of these standards limits access to housing for those most in need, including women who have experienced gender-based violence and their families. In this policy analysis we demonstrate the limitations of NOS and the role they play as a barrier to housing. We conclude by outlining four recommendations for future policy including the need to recognize NOS as guidelines, prioritize safety, create housing policy for families and reduce family poverty.
This document focuses on the challenges, barriers and needs of rural Safe Homes providing services to women experiencing violence with complex needs. Titled preliminary promising practice, this document is a first step in creating a set of promising practices for rural Safe Homes providing services for women experiencing violence with mental wellness and/or substance use needs.
