We are a collective of feminist organisations working together to advocate for a future where all women, trans and gender diverse people and their families have safe, secure and affordable housing.
Designing housing solutions and homelessness responses that truly work for women, trans and gender diverse people and their families can only be achieved when we work with those with lived experiences of these issues.
The Women’s Housing Alliance (WHA) is a collective of feminist organisations working together to advocate for a future where all women, trans and gender diverse people and their families have safe, secure and affordable housing.
What We Do
We drive collaborative advocacy, listen to the voices of lived experience and promote housing solutions across Victoria. Our members deliver frontline services designed for women, trans and gender diverse people and their children — WHA unites their expertise to shift the system.
Quick Statistics
Domestic and family violence is the number one reason women become homeless in Australia.
7,690 women return to violent homes each year and 9,120 women a year are becoming homeless as a direct result of family violence — simply because they have nowhere else to go
The crisis is huge, yet still growing. In 2023‑24, 92,476 people in families sought help; almost half (39,000) had already lost their housing.
Services are overstretched. Even after getting support, 32,451 family members were still homeless, which is up 7%.
People who identified as lesbian, gay or bisexual are at least twice as likely as those who identified as heterosexual to have ever experienced homelessness.
“We should never be forced to choose between violence in our homes or being homeless and facing violence on the streets, or having our families torn apart in ways we never wanted and that cause further harm.” – Independent Collective of Survivors, National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2032
