High need for shelter space, long-term housing for women fleeing violence

A national report published Monday by Women’s Shelters Canada found 97 per cent of shelter workers surveyed said over the prior 12 months it had become harder to support survivors seeking housing. Most said women fleeing violence needed to stay in shelters longer than the previous year.

“There’s nowhere for women to go after a shelter,” said Anuradha Dugal, executive director of Women’s Shelters Canada. “It has a bottleneck effect: Women aren’t leaving shelters and so people can’t come into shelters, and the turn-away rates are getting higher.” Link to full story here.